How common is the surname Gilpatrick?

1,068 people in the United States had the surname Gilpatrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gilpatrick?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gilpatrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gilpatrick getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Gilpatrick

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 1,068 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G413

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilpatrick is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”). Compare also the surname Kilpatrick.

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

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,068 people named Gilpatrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,074.

#23,714

rank among US surnames

1,068

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,370)

Who is named Gilpatrick

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

93% of people named Gilpatrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gilpatrick come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”). Compare also the surname Kilpatrick.
How common is the surname Gilpatrick?: 1,068 people in the United States had the surname Gilpatrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,088 Americans. It ranked 23,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilpatrick?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gilpatrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Gilpatrick?: Gilpatrick is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gilpatrick getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,068 in 2010, down 0.6%.