Explore the Family Name Gillaspie

The meaning of Gillaspie

Scottish and Irish: variant of Gillespie. This surname is now rare in Britain and Ireland.

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How common is the last name Gillaspie in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Gillaspie has seen a minor fluctuation in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Gillaspie surname ranked 17,799 in popularity with a count of 1,450 individuals bearing this name in the United States. By 2010, the surname's rank had dropped slightly to 18,523, representing a decrease of 4.07%. However, the actual number of people with the Gillaspie surname increased by 2.76% to 1,490 during the same period. Despite this growth, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people decreased by 5.56% to 0.51.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,799	#18,523	-4.07%
Count	1,450	1,490	2.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.54	0.51	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gillaspie

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some changes between 2000 and 2010. Individuals identifying as White represented the majority of people bearing the Gillaspie surname, although their percentage decreased slightly from 91.93% to 88.99%. The percentage of those identified as Black increased by 24.32% to 7.72%, while those claiming two or more races also rose by 36.89% to 1.41%. Interestingly, there was a notable increase in the Hispanic population with the Gillaspie surname, which surged by 112.20% to 0.87% in 2010. The Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories remained unchanged over the decade, with no individuals bearing the Gillaspie surname identified under these ethnicities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.93%	88.99%	-3.2%
Black	6.21%	7.72%	24.32%
Two or More Races	1.03%	1.41%	36.89%
Hispanic	0.41%	0.87%	112.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%