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

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

How popular is Gilliland?

Gilliland is common in United States.

Gilliland is ranked 24814 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gilliland bearers increased by 1.374336 per cent in 2010 US census to 13351 since 2000, the surname slipped by 181 spots and ranked at 2698. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.7 95.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.46
Others 1.84 1.37
Black 1.24 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51 0.56
Gilliland is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 20654 people have been found who wears Gilliland as their family name. Gilliland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
23,739 Nigeria5
50,640 Switzerland2
54,641 Sweden2
34,681 Norway2
219,873 France2
35,969 Denmark2
6,103 Cyprus2
21,529 Singapore2
4,367 Afghanistan2
340 Comoros1
91,024 Belgium1
120,357 Argentina1
897,276 Russia1
1,704,541 India1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
510 East Timor1
118,015 Netherlands1
7,292 Vietnam1
480 Micronesia1
40,340 Malaysia1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,935 Madagascar1
29,046 Japan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
5,553 Taiwan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
416 Guernsey24
68,343 Spain23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,128 Ireland87
8,718 New Zealand80
Countries with hundreds of Gilliland:
6,580 South Africa986
7,770 England871
4,131 Australia728
6,631 Canada640
638 Northern Ireland513
2,308 Scotland302
43,536 Germany235
Countries with ten thousands of Gilliland:
2,499 United States16,115
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Gilliland was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on December 4, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as shoemaker and took Queen Of The West from Liverpool. Weaver Samuel Gilliland, Jane Gilliland (48) Immigrant, Workman Robert Gilliland, Catherine Gilliland, aged 13, Samuel Gilliland (11) Immigrant, David Gilliland, Eliza Gilliland (9), Ann Gilliland (6), are other Gilliland that migrated to US.

Gilliland Namesakes

  • Arin Gilliland, Soccer player
  • Alexis A. Gilliland, Fiction writer
  • Norman Gilliland, Author
  • Alexis A. Gilliland, Fiction writer
  • Burl E. Gilliland, Author
  • Butch Gilliland, Racing driver
  • Eric Gilliland, Television producer
  • Allan Gilliland, Composer
  • David Gilliland, Race car driver
  • William Gilliland, Politician

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