Gillespie is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gillespie
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: The Gaelic for Archibald, from Gille, a youth or servant, and speach, a word expressive of quickness and sharpness in battle; Gaelic spuaic meaning to break the head, to knock

How popular is Gillespie?

Gillespie is common in United States.

Gillespie is ranked 6389 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gillespie bearers increased by 3.140628 per cent in 2010 US census to 42693 since 2000, the surname slipped by 53 spots and ranked at 811. The last name was found in around 145 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.2 83.59
Black 13.84 12.8
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.56
Others 1.72 1.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.33
Gillespie is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 85056 people have been found who wears Gillespie as their family name. Gillespie is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
701,083 India8
7,646 Japan7
95,557 Czech Republic6
13,220 Thailand6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
122,390 Belarus4
3,224 Afghanistan3
16,605 Austria3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
20,541 Peru3
31,767 Greece2
3,014 Taiwan2
2,151 Fiji2
3,437 Sudan2
4,104 South Korea2
4,164 Vietnam2
40,064 Nigeria2
14,408 Uruguay2
12,172 Ghana2
5,318 Iraq2
20,186 Kenya2
28,746 Algeria1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
810,193 Indonesia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
120,357 Argentina1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,040 Mali1
1,572 Macau1
2,196 Liberia1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
3,993 El Salvador1
20,172 Hungary1
1,818 Guernsey1
3,307 Malta1
34,581 Chile1
2,309 Monaco1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,033 Benin1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
2,374 Bermuda1
9,591 Panama1
11,510 Oman1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
3,004 Bahrain49
15,525 Norway46
23,537 Switzerland45
26,164 Sweden36
3,075 Cyprus34
257,310 Russia31
1,163 Jersey17
113,815 Kazakhstan14
3,343 China13
220,909 Ukraine12
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
92,589 Brazil79
26,687 Belgium59
5,773 Singapore53
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Gillespie:
18,206 Germany572
25,252 Philippines516
22,264 France441
1,002 Wales395
906 Jamaica357
3,418 Guatemala308
56,111 Italy123
23,503 Spain119
2,219 Hong Kong107
27,127 Mexico105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Gillespie:
873 England8,518
818 Canada6,077
601 Australia5,034
1,818 South Africa3,635
203 Scotland3,616
128 Northern Ireland2,158
493 Ireland1,534
432 New Zealand1,477
Countries with ten thousands of Gillespie:
750 United States49,068
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sarah Gillespie worked as maid and hailed from Co.Donegal, Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Eliazbeth and arrived on May 16, 1846. Maid Bridget Gillespie, Farmer Margaret Gillespie, 24 years old Styles Gillespie, Connor Gillespie, Workman George Gillespie, 20 years old James Gillespie, Cornelius Gillespie, aged 25, 19 years old Bridget Gillespie, Edward Gillespie (26) Workman, and 298 other Gillespie around 52.26% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, house maid, weaver, carpenter, tailoress, dressmaker migrated to US.

Gillespie Namesakes

  • Sarah Gillespie, Singer
  • Aaron Gillespie, Musician
  • Steven Gillespie, Soccer player
  • Alastair Gillespie, Former Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce
  • Paul Gillespie, Baseball player
  • Aaron Gillespie, Musician
  • Dana Gillespie, Actress
  • Ashlee Gillespie, Actress
  • Bonnie Gillespie, Writer
  • Gordie Gillespie, Coach
    • Aaron Gillespie, American musician, soloist, Known for being drummer / vocalist of the post-hardcore band Underoath
  • Don Gillespie, from 1970 action flick Massacre, who played Gang Leader.
  • Michael Gillespie, from 2015 drama flick Bianca: Who Did This to You?, who portrayed Elder Thomas.
  • Lachlan Gillespie, from 0 adventure and drama film The Wiggles: Pandamonium!, who played Lachy Wiggle.
  • Scott Gillespie played crucial character of Construction Worker #2 in 2013 thriller flick A Shameless Revenge.
  • Rob Gillespie, from 2014 action and drama film Babyshower, who played Clive.
  • Kari Gillespie, from 2009 drama, romance movie Be My Teacher, who characterized the Taylor.

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