# Gildon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gildon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 565 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,004 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 546,452 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (565 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English gylden (“golden”), perhaps a nickname for someone with golden hair.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gildon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Giltner, Golden, Goldman, Gladden, Golding, Galdamez, Gladney, Glidden, Goldenberg, Gwaltney, Goulding, Gleaton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.