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    The surname Gilmer

    A surname, carried by 6,697 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G456

    Gilmer: #5,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gilmer #5,213, 6,697 people Gilmer: #5,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gilmer #5,213, 6,697 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilmer is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,697 people named Gilmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,102 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,500.

    #5,213
    rank among US surnames
    6,697
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,964)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,209Arena6,70646,040
    #5,210Colton6,70446,054
    #5,212Mandel6,70346,061
    #5,213Ison6,69746,102

    Who is named Gilmer

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

    75% of people named Gilmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gilmers

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gloria C. Gilmer
      American mathematician and educator (1928–2021)
    • Thomas Walker Gilmer
      American politician (1802-1844)
    • George Rockingham Gilmer
      American politician (1790-1859)
    • Dixie Gilmer
      American politician (1901-1954)
    • Dorothy Dix
      American newspaper columnist, 1861–1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gilmer

    Gilmer 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 Gilmer?
    6,697 people in the United States had the surname Gilmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,102 Americans. It ranked 5,213th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gilmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Gilmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gilmer?
    Gloria C. Gilmer, American mathematician and educator (1928–2021), followed by Thomas Walker Gilmer.
    Where is the surname Gilmer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gilmer in the United States.
    Is the surname Gilmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,697 in 2010, up 3.0%.