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    The surname Gillam

    A patronymic surname, carried by 3,633 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G450

    Gillam: #9,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gillam #9,003, 3,633 people Gillam: #9,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gillam #9,003, 3,633 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillam is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval variant of the given name William.

    Gillam 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 3,633 people named Gillam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,984 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,483.

    #9,003
    rank among US surnames
    3,633
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,687)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,994Patricio3,63684,914
    #8,999Turgeon3,63584,937
    #9,001Nolt3,63484,960
    #9,003Hames3,63384,984
    #9,006Cogan3,63185,030
    #9,011Hirst3,63085,054

    Who is named Gillam

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

    79% of people named Gillam identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gillam

    Gillam 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 Gillam come from?
    From a medieval variant of the given name William.
    How common is the surname Gillam?
    3,633 people in the United States had the surname Gillam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,984 Americans. It ranked 9,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gillam?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Gillam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Gillam?
    Gillam is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gillam getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,633 in 2010, up 4.3%.