# Gillis (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,834 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,910 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (18,438 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gillis 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gillis in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Gillis

- Jamie Gillis, American pornographic actor and director (1943-2010)
- Ann Gillis, American actress (1927–)
- Sarah Gillis, American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission
- Shane Gillis, American comedian and actor (born 1987)
- Don Gillis, American composer (1912–1978)
- Fay Gillis Wells, American aviator (1908-2002)
- Maurice Gillis, Belgian footballer (1897-1980)
- Girl Talk, American musician

## Similar surnames

Giles, Gilles, Gillies, Gills, Glass, Glick, Galicia, Glasgow, Glaze, Gallego, Gluck, Gales.

## 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.