How common is the surname Gilman?

11,946 people in the United States had the surname Gilman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,845 Americans. It ranked 3,003rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gilman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gilman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gilman?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935), followed by Alfred G. Gilman.

Where is the surname Gilman most common?

Wikidata records people named Gilman in the United States.

Is the surname Gilman getting more or less common?

About as common. 11,948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,946 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Gilman

A surname, carried by 11,946 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilman is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,946 people named Gilman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,845 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,948.

#3,003

rank among US surnames

11,946

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #2,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,994	Fallon	11,974	25,785
#2,995	Billingsley	11,973	25,787
#2,996	Stack	11,967	25,800
#2,997	Chowdhury	11,961	25,813
#2,998	Pascual	11,959	25,817
#2,999	Qualls	11,958	25,819
#3,000	Persaud	11,956	25,823

Who is named Gilman

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

93% of people named Gilman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gilmans

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)
Alfred G. Gilman
American pharmacologist (1941-2015)
Billy Gilman
American singer, born 1988
Thomas Gilman
American wrestler (born 1994)
Sarah Gilman
American actress, born 1996
Jared Gilman
American actor, born 1998
Nicholas Gilman
American politician (1755-1814)
Daniel Coit Gilman
American educator and academic (1831–1908)
Dorothy Gilman
American spy fiction writer (1923–2012)
Henry Gilman
American chemist (1893-1986)
Sander Gilman
American historian, born 1944
Laura Anne Gilman
American author and editor, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gilman

Gilman 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 Gilman?: 11,946 people in the United States had the surname Gilman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,845 Americans. It ranked 3,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gilman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gilman?: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935), followed by Alfred G. Gilman.
Where is the surname Gilman most common?: Wikidata records people named Gilman in the United States.
Is the surname Gilman getting more or less common?: About as common. 11,948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,946 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.