The surname Gill
A Norse place surname, carried by 74,948 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex G400 Also a first name
Origin
Norse origin
* As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William. * As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname. * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McGill. * Also as an Irish surname, variant of Gall. * As a Jewish/Israeli given name, as well as surname, from Hebrew גיל (“joy”). * As a German surname, variant of Gilger. * As a Sikh Punjabi surname originating in India, from ਗਿੱਲ (gill, “moisture”).
Gill is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 74,948 people named Gill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,119 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 68,699.
Who is named Gill
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Gill identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 65%
- Black (not Hispanic) 14%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Famous Gills
20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Theodore Nicholas GillAmerican biologist (1837–1914)
- Vince GillAmerican country musician, born 1957
- Mandip GillBritish actress, born 1988
- Michel GillAmerican actor, born 1960
- Kendall GillBritish basketball player, born 1968
- Johnny GillAmerican R&B singer-songwriter and actor (born 1966)
- James GillAmerican painter (born 1934)
- Hal GillAmerican ice hockey player, born 1975
- Frank GillAmerican ornithologist, born 1941
- Thomas GillAmerican politician (1922–2009)
- Shaun GillBelizean sprinter, born 1993
- Madge GillBritish artist (1882-1961)
Notable Gills come mostly from the United States (16), the United Kingdom (3) and Belize (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Questions
- Where does the surname Gill come from?
- * As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William. * As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname. * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic…
- How common is the surname Gill?
- 74,948 people in the United States had the surname Gill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,119 Americans. It ranked 435th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gill?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Gill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Gill?
- Theodore Nicholas Gill, American biologist (1837–1914), followed by Vince Gill.
- Where is the surname Gill most common?
- Wikidata records people named Gill in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belize.
- How do you pronounce Gill?
- Gill is /ˈd͡ʒɪl/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Gill?
- Gill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Gill getting more or less common?
- More common. 68,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 74,948 in 2010, up 9.1%.
- Is Gill also a first name?
- Yes. Gill is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.