Gilmer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gilmer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gilmer

How popular is Gilmer?

Gilmer is common in United States.

Gilmer is ranked 48207 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gilmer bearers increased by 3.030769 per cent in 2010 US census to 6697 since 2000, the surname slipped by 249 spots and ranked at 5213. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.87 77.82
Black 20.41 19.02
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 0.95
Others 1.85 1.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.26
Gilmer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 9906 people have been found who wears Gilmer as their family name. Gilmer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
108,034 Italy3
46,068 Philippines3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
6,103 Cyprus2
17,547 Colombia2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
56,169 Mexico1
17,768 Pakistan1
91,024 Belgium1
169,904 Brazil1
50,549 Georgia1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
492,292 Ukraine1
21,562 Portugal1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
14,963 Scotland26
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,527 Ireland76
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Gilmer:
6,225 Peru370
31,047 Germany336
12,170 Canada316
66,174 France147
31,049 England145
5,525 New Zealand137
22,774 Australia108
Countries with thousands of Gilmer:
4,916 United States8,078
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman John Gilmer who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 1, 1846 by Orphan put out from Liverpool. U Gilmer, aged 26, John Gilmer, 6 years old Margt. Gilmer, Charles Gilmer, William Gilmer, aged 2, Sarah Gilmer, aged Born at sea, John Gilmer, aged 22, 26 years old Peter Gilmer, and 3 other Gilmer around 71.43% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

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Marcela Ipock
 gilmer is a surname of Germanic origin from gil; relates to the average German high Gilen meaning covet, to desire and March which means famous.

Gilmer Namesakes

  • Dixie Gilmer, American Politician
  • Mark Gilmer, Cinematographer
  • Harry Gilmer, Football halfback
  • Clark Gilmer, Actress
  • William Gilmer, Political leader
  • Jimmy Gilmer, Musical Artist
  • Thomas Walker Gilmer, American statesman
  • George Rockingham Gilmer, American statesman
  • Maureen Gilmer, Author
  • Rob Gilmer, Film producer
  • Ashley Gilmer, from 2018 drama film What If, who characterized Jada.

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