Gilchrest is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gilchrest
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gilchrest

How popular is Gilchrest?

Gilchrest is ranked 327246 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gilchrests plummeted by 19.24528 per cent to 428 since 2000 and slipped by 10066 spots and ranked at 49177. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.3 80.94
Black 19.86 16.42
Others 4.21 0
Gilchrest is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Ireland have the last name. Around 881 people have been found who wears Gilchrest as their family name. Few people around the world have Gilchrest as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
153,990 Australia7
6,149 Ethiopia1
277,603 France1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,692 Ireland27
Countries with hundreds of Gilchrest:
34,527 United States835

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old William Gilchrest who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 30, 1846 by Venice put out from Liverpool. Eliza Gilchrest, aged 20, James Gilchrest (4), are other Gilchrest that migrated to US.

Gilchrest Namesakes

  • Wayne Gilchrest, Member of the United States House of Representatives

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