# Gilyard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gilyard/  
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) | 2,008 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,783 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 153,758 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (1,860 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gillyard |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gilyard 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) | 8.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gilyard in the United States.

## People named Gilyard

- Clarence Gilyard, American actor (1955–2022)
- Jacob Gilyard, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Kevin Gates, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Gilliard, Gillard, Gaillard, Gallardo, Gaylord, Gilreath, Goulart.

## 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.