How common is the surname Gillard?

4,099 people in the United States had the surname Gillard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,322 Americans. It ranked 8,089th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gillard?

Stuart Gillard, actor, director, producer.

Where is the surname Gillard most common?

Wikidata records people named Gillard in Canada.

How do you pronounce Gillard?

Gillard is /ˈɡɪləd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gillard getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,099 in 2010, down 1.6%.

Is Gillard also a first name?

Yes. Gillard 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.

The surname Gillard

An English patronymic surname, carried by 4,099 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɪləd/ 2 syllables Soundex G463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillard is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Middle English diminutive of the male given name Giles.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,099 people named Gillard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,322 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,165.

#8,089

rank among US surnames

4,099

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,376)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,082	Villavicencio	4,102	75,267
#8,084	Trail	4,101	75,285
#8,087	Debord	4,100	75,304
#8,089	Medford	4,099	75,322
#8,091	Holstein	4,098	75,341
#8,093	Meissner	4,097	75,359

Who is named Gillard

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

49% of people named Gillard identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gillards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stuart Gillard
Actor, director, producer, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillard

Gillard has the Soundex code G463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G463.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Gillard come from?: From a Middle English diminutive of the male given name Giles.
How common is the surname Gillard?: 4,099 people in the United States had the surname Gillard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,322 Americans. It ranked 8,089th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillard?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Gillard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gillard?: Stuart Gillard, actor, director, producer.
Where is the surname Gillard most common?: Wikidata records people named Gillard in Canada.
How do you pronounce Gillard?: Gillard is /ˈɡɪləd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Gillard?: Gillard is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Gillard getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,099 in 2010, down 1.6%.
Is Gillard also a first name?: Yes. Gillard 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.