How common is the last name Gillespie?

40,456 people in the United States have the last name Gillespie, about 1 in 7,388. It ranks #836 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GILLESPIE

#836

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,456
About
1 in 7,388
This common or more
37.7%
Who bears it

Of the 40,456 people with the last name Gillespie, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 13.4% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gillespie

#834 Sellers · 40,541#835 Portillo · 40,506#837 Felix · 40,449#838 Noble · 40,384

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gillespie, most common first.

#7,044 Gillispie · 4,592#18,179 Gillaspie · 1,509#94,341 Gillespy · 208#142,049 Gilespie · 120

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