Last Name GILLIS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Lithuanian, Irish, Belgian, Flemish, Hungarian

Rank	1,786 (2000 US census)	1,691 (1990 US census)

Count	18,438 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.35%, or 14815 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.58%, or 2873 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 74 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.96%, or 177 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 242 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.41%, or 260 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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