How common is the surname Gilstrap?

4,954 people in the United States had the surname Gilstrap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,322 Americans. It ranked 6,808th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gilstrap getting more or less common?

More common. 4,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,954 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Gilstrap

An English place surname, carried by 4,954 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilstrap is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place; the first element is unclear, while the second is Old English þorp (“village”).

Gilstrap is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,954 people named Gilstrap in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,322 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,933.

#6,808

rank among US surnames

4,954

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,801	Shim	4,958	62,272
#6,805	Ballenger	4,956	62,297
#6,807	Benham	4,955	62,310
#6,808	Gilstrap	4,954	62,322
#6,809	Jefferies	4,953	62,335
#6,811	Toland	4,952	62,348

Who is named Gilstrap

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

83% of people named Gilstrap identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Giltrap

Gilstrap has the Soundex code G423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G423.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gilstrap come from?: Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place; the first element is unclear, while the second is Old English þorp (“village”).
How common is the surname Gilstrap?: 4,954 people in the United States had the surname Gilstrap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,322 Americans. It ranked 6,808th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilstrap?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gilstrap identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Gilstrap?: Gilstrap is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gilstrap getting more or less common?: More common. 4,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,954 in 2010, up 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Gilstrap?: Giltrap.