# Gillet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gillet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 586 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,899 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 526,870 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gillett, Gillette |

## Etymology

Variant of Gillett.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gillet in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gillet in Belgium.

## People named Gillet

- Jean-François Gillet, Belgian association football player (born 1979)
- Guillaume Gillet, Belgian association football player and trainer
- Antoine Gillet, Belgian sprinter
- Pierre-Antoine Gillet, Belgian basketball player (born 1991)

## Similar surnames

Gillette, Gillett, Gildea, Guillot, Gullett, Gullette, Gould, Gold, Gault, Goulet, Guild, Galati.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.