How common is the surname Gillenwater?

3,041 people in the United States had the surname Gillenwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,528 Americans. It ranked 10,545th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gillenwater getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,041 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Gillenwater

A surname, carried by 3,041 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex G453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillenwater is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Gillingwater.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,041 people named Gillenwater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,528 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,066.

#10,545

rank among US surnames

3,041

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,729)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428
#10,539	Brunet	3,043	101,461
#10,541	Farren	3,042	101,494
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628

Who is named Gillenwater

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

91% of people named Gillenwater identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillenwater

Gilland

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

Questions

Where does the surname Gillenwater come from?: Variant of Gillingwater.
How common is the surname Gillenwater?: 3,041 people in the United States had the surname Gillenwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,528 Americans. It ranked 10,545th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillenwater?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gillenwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gillenwater getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,041 in 2010, down 0.8%.