The GILLAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,483	8687	0.001	13
United States (1880 census)	1,798	3287	0.004	36
Change since 1880	+1685	-5400	-0.003	-23
Other Countries
Australia	747	2181	0.005	46
United Kingdom	1,628	3495	0.004	35

Top States for GILLAM by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Missouri	357	2159	0.006	64
California	286	9598	0.001	8
Ohio	273	5324	0.002	24
Indiana	219	3720	0.004	36
Texas	191	9686	0.001	9
Top States for GILLAM by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Missouri	357	2159	0.006	64
Vermont	27	3781	0.004	44
Alaska	25	3775	0.004	40
Nebraska	64	4076	0.004	37
Indiana	219	3720	0.004	36

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

Classification and Origin of GILLAM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GILLAM 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.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GILLAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GILLAM in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	555	15.93
Mixed Race	51	1.46
White (Hispanic)	47	1.35
Asian/Pacific	14	0.4
Native American/Alaskan	6	0.17
White (Caucasian)	2,810	80.68

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

Similar names to GILLAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GILLAM.

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.