How common is the surname Gille?

814 people in the United States had the surname Gille in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 379,294 Americans. It ranked 29,117th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gille?

Sander Gillé, Belgian tennis player (born 1991), followed by Valère Gille.

Where is the surname Gille most common?

Wikidata records people named Gille in Belgium.

Is the surname Gille getting more or less common?

Less common. 936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 814 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Gille

A surname, carried by 814 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gille is more common than 82.1% of them.

Origin

* As a French surname, variant of Giles. * As a German surname, variant of Gill. * Also as a German surname, related to the noun Geld (“money, payment”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 814 people named Gille in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 379,294 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 936.

#29,117

rank among US surnames

814

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-13%

change since 2000 (was #24,929)

Who is named Gille

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

91% of people named Gille identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gilles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sander Gillé
Belgian tennis player (born 1991)
Valère Gille
Belgian poet (1867–1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gille

Gille has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

Where does the surname Gille come from?: * As a French surname, variant of Giles. * As a German surname, variant of Gill. * Also as a German surname, related to the noun Geld (“money, payment”).
How common is the surname Gille?: 814 people in the United States had the surname Gille in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 379,294 Americans. It ranked 29,117th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gille?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gille identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gille?: Sander Gillé, Belgian tennis player (born 1991), followed by Valère Gille.
Where is the surname Gille most common?: Wikidata records people named Gille in Belgium.
Is the surname Gille getting more or less common?: Less common. 936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 814 in 2010, down 13%.