Last Name GILDER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The gilder.

Origin	English, Jewish

Rank	15,384 (2000 US census)	10,076 (1990 US census)

Count	1,751 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

61.96%, or 1085 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
33.12%, or 580 total occurrences, as black,
0.8%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.48%, or 26 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.11%, or 37 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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