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    The surname Gillie

    A surname, carried by 1,268 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex G400

    Gillie: #20,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gillie #20,818, 1,268 people Gillie: #20,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gillie #20,818, 1,268 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillie is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,268 people named Gillie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

    #20,818
    rank among US surnames
    1,268
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,871)

    Who is named Gillie

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

    77% of people named Gillie identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gillie

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gillie?
    1,268 people in the United States had the surname Gillie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. It ranked 20,818th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gillie?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Gillie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Gillie?
    Gillie is /ˈɡɪli/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Gillie getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,268 in 2010, up 7.8%.