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    The surname Gillaspie

    A surname, carried by 1,490 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G421

    Gillaspie: #18,523 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gillaspie #18,523, 1,490 people Gillaspie: #18,523 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gillaspie #18,523, 1,490 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillaspie is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,490 people named Gillaspie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,212 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,450.

    #18,523
    rank among US surnames
    1,490
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,799)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,523Gillaspie1,490207,212
    #18,529Spady1,489207,351

    Who is named Gillaspie

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

    89% of people named Gillaspie identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gillaspie

    Gillaspie has the Soundex code G421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G421.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gillaspie?
    1,490 people in the United States had the surname Gillaspie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,212 Americans. It ranked 18,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gillaspie?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gillaspie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gillaspie getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,490 in 2010, up 2.8%.