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    The surname Gilham

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,161 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G450

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilham is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval variant of the given name William.

    Gilham is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,161 people named Gilham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,136.

    #22,216
    rank among US surnames
    1,161
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,455)

    Who is named Gilham

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    78% of people named Gilham identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.6%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gilham

    Gilham has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gilham come from?
    From a medieval variant of the given name William.
    How common is the surname Gilham?
    1,161 people in the United States had the surname Gilham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gilham?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Gilham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Gilham?
    Gilham is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gilham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, up 2.2%.