Gilispie Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Gilispie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilispie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1561:321,91525,142

Gilispie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gilispie is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilispie? popularity and diffusion

Gilispie is the 3,665,662nd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Gilispie live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 42 percent live, Alabama, where 12 percent live and Kentucky, where 12 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Isle of Man, where 3 percent live and Jamaica, where 3 percent live.

Gilispie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gilispie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gilispie last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilispie Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gilispie last name is predominantly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.

Gilispie earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.98% less than the national average, earning $34,528 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 Gilispie
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