How common is the surname Gillmore?

1,766 people in the United States had the surname Gillmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. It ranked 16,315th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gillmore?

Margalo Gillmore, American actress (1897-1986).

Where is the surname Gillmore most common?

Wikidata records people named Gillmore in the United States.

Is the surname Gillmore getting more or less common?

More common. 1,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,766 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Gillmore

A surname, carried by 1,766 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gillmore is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,766 people named Gillmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,738.

#16,315

rank among US surnames

1,766

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,313	Pauling	1,767	174,729
#16,315	Dolph	1,766	174,828

Who is named Gillmore

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

89% of people named Gillmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gillmores

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margalo Gillmore
American actress (1897-1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillmore

Gillmore has the Soundex code G456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G456.

Questions

How common is the surname Gillmore?: 1,766 people in the United States had the surname Gillmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. It ranked 16,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillmore?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gillmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gillmore?: Margalo Gillmore, American actress (1897-1986).
Where is the surname Gillmore most common?: Wikidata records people named Gillmore in the United States.
Is the surname Gillmore getting more or less common?: More common. 1,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,766 in 2010, up 1.6%.