Gillham Surname
Approximately 5,273 people bear this surname
Gillham Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of William,' an early form of Guillaume.
Petnis Gillam, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Giliam, 1379: ibid.
Giliaum Spyser, 1379: ibid.
Ricardus Gillumman, i.
Read More About This SurnameGillham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,610 | 1:138,873 | 14,475 |
| England | 1,421 | 1:39,210 | 5,074 |
| Australia | 570 | 1:47,361 | 5,928 |
| South Africa | 212 | 1:255,555 | 25,837 |
| Canada | 164 | 1:224,668 | 21,579 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:52,450 | 4,823 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Scotland | 35 | 1:152,966 | 9,000 |
| Northern Ireland | 29 | 1:63,622 | 4,809 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 831 | 1:29,333 | 3,961 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 420 | 1:119,568 | 11,675 |
Gillham Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of William,' an early form of Guillaume.
Petnis Gillam, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Giliam, 1379: ibid.
Giliaum Spyser, 1379: ibid.
Ricardus Gillumman, i.e. the servant of Gillura: ibid.
Gillam Treasorer, Close Rolls, 1-2 Philip and Mary.
For modern instances, v. Gillham.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of William'; v. Gwilliam or Gwillim. Although Gillham looks local, there is no reason for doubting its connexion with William. For earlier instances, v. Gillam.
1605. Baptised — William, s. Richard Gyllam: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1773. Married — Samuel Gillham and Martha Allen: St. George, Hanover Square.
1779-. — John Gilliam and Ann Turner: ibid.
V. Gillam.
Gillham Demographics
Average Male Gillham Height
176.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gillham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillham Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gillham is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gillham.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillham? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 90,832nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,382,049 people. Gillham occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Gillham live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Gillham is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,610 people, or 1 in 138,873. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent live, Missouri, where 10 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Gillham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gillham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gillham surname expanded 621 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 2,200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gillham Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gillham surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gillham last name are 19.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.37% registered with the party.
The amount Gillham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 13.81% less than the national average, earning R 204,816 per year; in United States they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $42,547 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.7% more than the national average, earning $62,948 CAD per year.
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