Gilkison is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gilkison
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gilkison

How popular is Gilkison?

Gilkison is ranked 240646 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gilkisons grew by 6.796116 per cent to 660 since 2000 and ranked 34353 after elevating 277 spots. 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 95.15 97.41
Others 2.12 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.67 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.76 0
Gilkison is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 1345 people have been found who wears Gilkison as their family name. Gilkison have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
17,768 Pakistan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
31,215 Australia72
Countries with hundreds of Gilkison:
30,183 United States982
5,027 New Zealand151

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Samuel Gilkison worked as weaver while Mary Gilkison was Weaver and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old Mary embarked for USA from Belfast on Wolfville and arrived on May 23, 1850.

Gilkison Namesakes

  • Roddy Gilkison, Child actor
  • Jason Gilkison, Choreographer

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