How common is the surname Gilleland?

2,113 people in the United States had the surname Gilleland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,117 Americans. It ranked 14,208th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gilleland?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gilleland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gilleland getting more or less common?

More common. 2,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,113 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Gilleland

A surname, carried by 2,113 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G445

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilleland is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,113 people named Gilleland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,117 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,011.

#14,208

rank among US surnames

2,113

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,201	Neher	2,114	146,048
#14,208	Sprayberry	2,113	146,117
#14,213	Fodor	2,112	146,186
#14,215	Cruickshank	2,111	146,256

Who is named Gilleland

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

96% of people named Gilleland identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gilleland

Gilliland

Gilleland has the Soundex code G445, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G445.

Questions

How common is the surname Gilleland?: 2,113 people in the United States had the surname Gilleland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,117 Americans. It ranked 14,208th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilleland?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gilleland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gilleland getting more or less common?: More common. 2,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,113 in 2010, up 5.1%.