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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

'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.

Meaning of GILLAM in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GILLAM.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GILLAM

The following words are slight variants of GILLAM that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.