How common is the surname Gillan?

1,694 people in the United States had the surname Gillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. It ranked 16,848th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gillan?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gillan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gillan?

Lisa Roberts Gillan, American actress, followed by James Angus Gillan.

Where is the surname Gillan most common?

Wikidata records people named Gillan in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Gillan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,694 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Gillan

A surname, carried by 1,694 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillan is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,694 people named Gillan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,547.

#16,848

rank among US surnames

1,694

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,839	Sowinski	1,695	182,151
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258
#16,856	Loiacono	1,693	182,366

Who is named Gillan

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

88% of people named Gillan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gillans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lisa Roberts Gillan
American actress, born 1965
James Angus Gillan
British colonial administrator (1885–1981)

Notable Gillans come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillan

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

Questions

How common is the surname Gillan?: 1,694 people in the United States had the surname Gillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,258 Americans. It ranked 16,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillan?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gillan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gillan?: Lisa Roberts Gillan, American actress, followed by James Angus Gillan.
Where is the surname Gillan most common?: Wikidata records people named Gillan in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Gillan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,694 in 2010, up 9.5%.