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    The surname Gilyard

    A surname, carried by 2,008 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G463

    Gilyard: #14,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gilyard #14,783, 2,008 people Gilyard: #14,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gilyard #14,783, 2,008 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilyard is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,008 people named Gilyard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,860.

    #14,783
    rank among US surnames
    2,008
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,658)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,775Secrist2,010153,605
    #14,781Bibi2,009153,681
    #14,783Gilyard2,008153,758
    #14,787Malan2,007153,834

    Who is named Gilyard

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

    85% of people named Gilyard identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Gilyards

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clarence Gilyard
      American actor (1955–2022)
    • Jacob Gilyard
      American basketball player (born 1998)
    • Kevin Gates
      American rapper, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Gillyard

    Surnames that sound like Gilyard

    Gilyard has the Soundex code G463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G463.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gilyard?
    2,008 people in the United States had the surname Gilyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. It ranked 14,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gilyard?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gilyard identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gilyard?
    Clarence Gilyard, American actor (1955–2022), followed by Jacob Gilyard.
    Where is the surname Gilyard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gilyard in the United States.
    Is the surname Gilyard getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,008 in 2010, up 8.0%.
    What are other spellings of Gilyard?
    Gillyard.