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    The surname Gilmore

    A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 48,719 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G456 Also a first name

    Gilmore: #714 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Gilmore #714, 48,719 people Gilmore: #714 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gilmore #714, 48,719 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilmore is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

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

    Gilmore is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,719 people named Gilmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,337 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 47,050.

    #714
    rank among US surnames
    48,719
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #661)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #705Humphrey49,0566,294
    #706Baxter49,0336,297
    #707Sawyer49,0286,297
    #708Clay48,8446,321
    #709Tanner48,8136,325
    #710Hutchinson48,7816,329
    #711Kaur48,7536,333

    Who is named Gilmore

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

    65% of people named Gilmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gilmores

    24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jared S. Gilmore
      American actor, born 2000
    • Jim Gilmore
      American politician and former Governor of Virginia, born 1949
    • Peter H. Gilmore
      American author and administrator of the Church of Satan, born 1956
    • 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, born 1972
    • Peter Gilmore
      British actor (1931–2013)
    • Alexie Gilmore
      American actress, born 1976
    • Virginia Gilmore
      American actress (1919-1986)
    • Rochelle Gilmore
      Australian racing cyclist, born 1981

    Notable Gilmores come mostly from the United States (17), Australia (5) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Gilmore

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

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gilmore come from?
    From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).
    How common is the surname Gilmore?
    48,719 people in the United States had the surname Gilmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,337 Americans. It ranked 714th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gilmore?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Gilmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gilmore?
    Jared S. Gilmore, American actor, followed by Jim Gilmore.
    Where is the surname Gilmore most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gilmore in the United States, Australia and Belgium and 1 other country.
    What type of surname is Gilmore?
    Gilmore is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Gilmore getting more or less common?
    More common. 47,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,719 in 2010, up 3.5%.
    What are other spellings of Gilmore?
    Gilmer, Gillmor, Gillmore and Gilmour.
    Is Gilmore also a first name?
    Yes. Gilmore is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.