How common is the surname Gilligan?

6,257 people in the United States had the surname Gilligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. It ranked 5,557th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gilligan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gilligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gilligan?

Vince Gilligan, American writer, producer, and director (born 1967), followed by Carol Gilligan.

Where is the surname Gilligan most common?

Wikidata records people named Gilligan in the United States.

Is the surname Gilligan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,257 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Gilligan

A surname, carried by 6,257 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilligan is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,257 people named Gilligan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,519.

#5,557

rank among US surnames

6,257

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,553	Schatz	6,261	49,312
#5,554	Oster	6,259	49,328
#5,555	Milne	6,258	49,336
#5,557	Gilligan	6,257	49,344
#5,560	Rood	6,254	49,368

Who is named Gilligan

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

96% of people named Gilligan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gilligans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vince Gilligan
American writer, producer, and director (born 1967)
Carol Gilligan
American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist, born 1936
John J. Gilligan
American politician, governor of Ohio (1921–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gilligan

Galligan

Gilligan has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.

Questions

How common is the surname Gilligan?: 6,257 people in the United States had the surname Gilligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,344 Americans. It ranked 5,557th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilligan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gilligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gilligan?: Vince Gilligan, American writer, producer, and director (born 1967), followed by Carol Gilligan.
Where is the surname Gilligan most common?: Wikidata records people named Gilligan in the United States.
Is the surname Gilligan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,257 in 2010, up 13%.