Gilliard is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gilliard
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Derived from Gilles focused in the North. Varientes: Gilliaert, Gilliart.

How popular is Gilliard?

Gilliard is common in United States.

Gilliard is ranked 68684 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gilliards grew by 21.29442 per cent to 4198 since 2000 and ranked 7885 after elevating 856 spots. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 68.18 70.53
White 25.06 25.63
Hispanic or Latino 3.69 1.85
Others 2.6 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.17 0
Gilliard is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6579 people have been found who wears Gilliard as their family name. Gilliard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
112,145 Spain7
9,097 Wales3
722 Saint Lucia3
37,372 Georgia2
1,472 The Bahamas2
6,353 Panama2
4,231 Jamaica2
77,122 Sweden1
172,258 Germany1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
31,207 Ireland1
107,212 South Africa1
29,046 Japan1
1,970 Grenada1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,191 Afghanistan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
38,841 Scotland1
34,581 Chile1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
58,491 Australia32
3,889 Trinidad and Tobago32
4,912 Guyana14
Countries with hundreds of Gilliard:
15,719 Brazil843
22,942 France429
14,274 Tanzania316
15,324 Canada243
5,304 Switzerland225
9,201 Belgium200
27,382 England172
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Gilliard:
9,415 United States3,910
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pullen Gilliard worked as builder and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 33 years old embarked for USA from London on Yorktown and arrived on May 28, 1849. Susan Gilliard, 3 years old Nathaniel Gilliard, Sylvanus Gilliard, aged 35, 28 years old Elisabeth Gilliard, Peggy Gilliard (50) Maid, are other Gilliard that migrated to US.

Comments

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Brunilda Ng
 Gilliard is a surname derived from Gille, baptism name representing the Latin name Egidius, popularized by St Gilles, provencal century hermit life -can also represent a derivative Gillier, name of Germanic origin derived from IMSL hostage and who hari means army.

Gilliard Namesakes

  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor
  • Pierre Gilliard, Academic
  • Deric A. Gilliard, Author
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor
  • Wendell Gilliard, Politician
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor
  • Carl Gilliard, Actor
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Character actor

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