Last Name GILMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Gilmyn. Through French Guillaume we at length attained William. In the meanwhile the Low countries brought Gillemin or Willemin, which were finally retained with the G prefix.
Origin English, Jewish, Polish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 2,770 (2000 US census) 2,540 (1990 US census)
Count 11,948 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.42%, or 11281 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.94%, or 112 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.05%, or 125 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.73%, or 87 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.45%, or 173 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.42%, or 170 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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