How common is the surname Gillham?

1,717 people in the United States had the surname Gillham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gillham getting more or less common?

More common. 1,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Gillham

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,717 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillham is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

From a medieval variant of the given name William.

Gillham is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,717 people named Gillham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,648.

#16,679

rank among US surnames

1,717

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,135)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922

Who is named Gillham

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

92% of people named Gillham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillham

Gillham has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Questions

Where does the surname Gillham come from?: From a medieval variant of the given name William.
How common is the surname Gillham?: 1,717 people in the United States had the surname Gillham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillham?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gillham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
What type of surname is Gillham?: Gillham is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Gillham getting more or less common?: More common. 1,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 4.2%.