Surname Checker / Gillis
How Common Is the Last Name Gillis?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Gillis today
20,853
Ranked #1,910 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.38 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 18,834 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
78.74%
Black
15.75%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.46%
Hispanic
2.22%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.