# Gilpin (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,070 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,713 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 50,864 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (6,025 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gilpin 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gilpin in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Gilpin

- Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and board member, director at Goldman Sachs
- Betty Gilpin, American actress
- Peri Gilpin, American actress
- Robert Gilpin, American political scientist (1930–2018)
- Laura Gilpin, American photographer (1891–1979)
- William Gilpin, American politician (1813–1894)
- William Gilpin, British artist (1724-1804)
- Sawrey Gilpin, British artist (1733-1807)
- Jack Gilpin, American actor

## Similar surnames

Galpin, Galvan, Galvin, Gelfand, Glavin, Galban, Gallivan, Glavan.

## 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.