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

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

How popular is Gilleland?

Gilleland is common in United States.

Gilleland is ranked 144398 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gilleland bearers increased by 5.072104 per cent in 2010 US census to 2113 since 2000, the surname slipped by 406 spots and ranked at 14208. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.26 97.46
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 0.75
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.71 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0
Gilleland is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2642 people have been found who wears Gilleland as their family name. Few people around the world have Gilleland as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,500 Dominican Republic1
120,357 Argentina1
810,193 Indonesia1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
98,676 Canada27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,024 Australia76
Countries with thousands of Gilleland:
13,701 United States2,503

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old spinster Jane Gilleland who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 13, 1849 by Waltron put out from Belfast. Jas. Gilleland (21) Workman, Ellen Gilleland (30) Spinster, are other Gilleland that migrated to US.

Gilleland Namesakes

  • Lindi Gilleland, Author

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