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The surname Gilland

A surname, carried by 2,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G453

Gilland: #12,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gilland #12,670, 2,439 people Gilland: #12,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gilland #12,670, 2,439 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilland is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,439 people named Gilland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,255.

#12,670
rank among US surnames
2,439
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+8.2%
change since 2000 (was #12,598)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,661Basquez2,442126,431
#12,662Horrell2,441126,483
#12,667Klee2,440126,535
#12,670Gilland2,439126,587
#12,676Villasana2,438126,639

Who is named Gilland

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

89% of people named Gilland identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gilland

Gilland has the Soundex code G453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G453.

Questions

How common is the surname Gilland?
2,439 people in the United States had the surname Gilland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilland?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gilland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gilland getting more or less common?
More common. 2,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, up 8.2%.