How common is the surname Gillon?

1,429 people in the United States had the surname Gillon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. It ranked 19,053rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gillon?

Michaël Gillon, Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist.

Where is the surname Gillon most common?

Wikidata records people named Gillon in Belgium.

Is the surname Gillon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,429 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Gillon

A surname, carried by 1,429 people in the United States.

2 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). Gillon is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,429 people named Gillon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,324.

#19,053

rank among US surnames

1,429

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,053	Minder	1,429	216,057
#19,062	Cianci	1,428	216,208

Who is named Gillon

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

62% of people named Gillon identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gillons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michaël Gillon
Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gillon

Gillon 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 Gillon?: 1,429 people in the United States had the surname Gillon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. It ranked 19,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gillon?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Gillon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gillon?: Michaël Gillon, Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist.
Where is the surname Gillon most common?: Wikidata records people named Gillon in Belgium.
Is the surname Gillon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,429 in 2010, up 7.9%.