How common is the surname Gillispie?

4,791 people in the United States had the surname Gillispie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gillispie?

Charles Coulston Gillispie, American historian (1918–2015).

Where is the surname Gillispie most common?

Wikidata records people named Gillispie in the United States.

Is the surname Gillispie getting more or less common?

More common. 4,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Gillispie

A surname, carried by 4,791 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G421

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillispie is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,791 people named Gillispie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,678.

#6,995

rank among US surnames

4,791

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,659)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,988	Ewell	4,794	64,402
#6,989	Mowry	4,793	64,416
#6,993	O'Mara	4,792	64,429
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510

Who is named Gillispie

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

82% of people named Gillispie identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gillispies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Coulston Gillispie
American historian (1918–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillispie

Gillispie has the Soundex code G421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G421.

Questions

How common is the surname Gillispie?: 4,791 people in the United States had the surname Gillispie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillispie?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Gillispie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gillispie?: Charles Coulston Gillispie, American historian (1918–2015).
Where is the surname Gillispie most common?: Wikidata records people named Gillispie in the United States.
Is the surname Gillispie getting more or less common?: More common. 4,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 2.4%.