How common is the last name Gillis?

17,570 people in the United States have the last name Gillis, about 1 in 17,012. It ranks #2,014 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GILLIS

#2,014

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,570
About
1 in 17,012
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,570 people with the last name Gillis, 76% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gillis

#2,012 Tobin · 17,588#2,013 Dobbs · 17,572#2,015 Hutton · 17,542#2,016 Judd · 17,539

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,696 Gilles · 4,147#10,903 Gillies · 2,791#14,974 Gills · 1,895#38,825 Gillig · 613#67,846 Gilliss · 313#90,519 Gillus · 219

Also a first name

As a first name, Gillis ranks #25,331 of 53,615, with 375 people. See Gillis as a first name

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