The GILL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	68,699	430	0.025	255
United States (1880 census)	16,241	347	0.032	325
Change since 1880	+52458	-83	-0.007	-70
Other Countries
Australia	6,202	215	0.038	379
United Kingdom	33,626	141	0.073	732

Top States for GILL by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	7,869	393	0.023	232
Texas	4,719	524	0.023	226
Florida	4,145	434	0.026	259
New York	3,555	428	0.019	187
Ohio	3,409	324	0.030	300
Top States for GILL by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Mississippi	1,265	323	0.044	445
Louisiana	1,757	336	0.039	393
Arkansas	1,013	313	0.038	379
West Virginia	650	391	0.036	359
Virginia	2,342	337	0.033	331

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GILL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GILL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GILL in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GILL by picking someone at random in Mississippi than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GILL

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: India

Language of origin: Punjabi

Religious origin: Sikh

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GILL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GILL in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	364	0.53
White (Caucasian)	48,708	70.9
Black/African American	9,721	14.15
Asian/Pacific	5,736	8.35
White (Hispanic)	2,604	3.79
Mixed Race	1,566	2.28

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GILL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GILL in historical publications

(origin: Local) A valley or woody glen; a narrow dell with a brook running through it; a small stream.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

GILL. 1. See Gilbert. 2. This word occurs singly as a surname, and also with many compounds, as Asgill, Pickersgill, Dowgill, Gilham, Gilby, &c. It either signifies a narrow pelibly rivulet in a ravine, or is a diminutive of Gilbert. According to B.L.G. the Gills of Devonshire have pos

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to GILL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GILL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.