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The GILMOUR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,621 11113 0.001 10
United States (1880 census) 424 10994 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +2197 -119 0 +2
Other Countries
Australia 1,592 1023 0.01 97
United Kingdom 6,784 929 0.015 148
Top States for GILMOUR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 330 7668 0.001 10
New York 238 7613 0.001 13
Florida 184 9472 0.001 12
Washington 134 5118 0.002 23
Pennsylvania 131 10628 0.001 11
Top States for GILMOUR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Oregon 103 3986 0.003 30
Maine 35 4651 0.003 27
Vermont 16 5086 0.003 26
New Hampshire 30 5031 0.002 24
Washington 134 5118 0.002 23

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

Classification and Origin of GILMOUR

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GILMOUR 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 GILMOUR 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 GILMOUR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 40 1.53
White (Hispanic) 38 1.45
Asian/Pacific 17 0.65
White (Caucasian) 2,513 95.88
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of GILMOUR in historical publications

Gillemore, Gaelic, the henchman or follower of the chief, one who carried the chief's broadsword, from gille, a servant, and mor, large, great.

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


GILMOUR.

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 GILMOUR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GILMOUR.

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 GILMOUR

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