Last Name GILLIAM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of William, an early form of Guilaume. The son of William. Although Gillham looks local, there is no reason for doubting its connection with William.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian

Rank	1,141 (2000 US census)	984 (1990 US census)

Count	28,075 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

63.43%, or 17808 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
32.91%, or 9239 total occurrences, as black,
0.25%, or 70 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.45%, or 126 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.82%, or 511 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.14%, or 320 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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