Last Name GILMAN

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Meaning	The son of Gilmyn. Through French Guillaume we at length attained William. In the meanwhile the Low countries brought Gillemin or Willemin, which were finally retained with the G prefix.

Origin	English, Jewish, Polish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	2,770 (2000 US census)	2,540 (1990 US census)

Count	11,948 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.42%, or 11281 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.94%, or 112 total occurrences, as black,
1.05%, or 125 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.73%, or 87 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.45%, or 173 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.42%, or 170 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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