How common is the surname Gillihan?

1,175 people in the United States had the surname Gillihan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gillihan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gillihan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gillihan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Gillihan

A surname, carried by 1,175 people in the United States.

3 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). Gillihan is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,175 people named Gillihan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,193.

#22,056

rank among US surnames

1,175

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,047	Whistler	1,176	262,539
#22,056	Hopf	1,175	262,762

Who is named Gillihan

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

96% of people named Gillihan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillihan

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

Questions

How common is the surname Gillihan?: 1,175 people in the United States had the surname Gillihan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillihan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gillihan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gillihan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 1.5%.