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The surname Gillman

A surname, carried by 4,334 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G455

Gillman: #7,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gillman #7,663, 4,334 people Gillman: #7,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gillman #7,663, 4,334 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillman is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,334 people named Gillman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,238 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,218.

#7,663
rank among US surnames
4,334
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #7,285)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,658Kowal4,33771,189
#7,660Hartford4,33671,205
#7,662Desjardins4,33571,222
#7,663Gillman4,33471,238
#7,665Knorr4,33371,254
#7,666Moorhead4,33271,271

Who is named Gillman

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

94% of people named Gillman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillman

Gillman has the Soundex code G455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G455.

Questions

How common is the surname Gillman?
4,334 people in the United States had the surname Gillman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,238 Americans. It ranked 7,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillman?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gillman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gillman getting more or less common?
More common. 4,218 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,334 in 2010, up 2.8%.