The surname Gilfillan
An Irish occupational surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G414
Origin
Irish origin
From Scottish Gaelic Gille Fhaolain, from Irish Gaelic Giolla Fhaoláin, meaning “servant of (Saint) Fillan.” The personal name, Faolán, is thought to be a diminutive of faol, meaning "wolf" or "little wolf".
Gilfillan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,286 people named Gilfillan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,238.
Who is named Gilfillan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Gilfillan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gilfillan come from?
- From Scottish Gaelic Gille Fhaolain, from Irish Gaelic Giolla Fhaoláin, meaning “servant of (Saint) Fillan.” The personal name, Faolán, is thought to be a diminutive of faol, meaning "wolf" or "little wolf".
- How common is the surname Gilfillan?
- 1,286 people in the United States had the surname Gilfillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gilfillan?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gilfillan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Gilfillan?
- Gilfillan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Gilfillan getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 3.9%.