# Gilmore (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gilmore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,719 |
| US rank (2010) | 714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (47,050 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gilmer, Gillmor, Gillmore, Gilmour |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gilmore in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gilmore in the United States, Australia, Belgium and the United Kingdom.

## People named Gilmore

- Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
- Jim Gilmore, American politician and former Governor of Virginia
- Peter H. Gilmore, American author and administrator of the Church of Satan
- Gary Gilmore, American murderer (1940-1977)
- Mary Gilmore, Australian poet (1865–1962)
- Artis Gilmore, American basketball player (born 1949)
- William Gilmore, American rower (1895-1969)
- Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
- Peter Gilmore, British actor (1931–2013)
- Alexie Gilmore, American actress
- Virginia Gilmore, American actress (1919-1986)
- Rochelle Gilmore, Australian racing cyclist

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gilmer, Gilmour, Gillmore, Gallimore, Gilmartin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.