Gilgore Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gilgore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilgore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1801:2,013,661129,138
Israel501:171,15317,369
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
England11:24,375,369195,128
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Gilgore Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gilgore Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gilgore occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gilgore click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilgore? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gilgore is the 1,055,483rd most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. Gilgore is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Gilgore are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 2,013,661. In The United States Gilgore is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent live, New York, where 19 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 21 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Gilgore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gilgore has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 439 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilgore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gilgore surname are 12.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.46% registered with the party.

Gilgore earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $43,007 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gilgore
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