Gilstrap

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Giltrap

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place; the first element is unclear, while the second is Old English þorp (“village”).

Proper noun

Gilstrap (countable and uncountable, plural Gilstraps)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilstrap is the 6808^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4954 individuals. Gilstrap is most common among White (83.41%) and Black/African American (10.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilstrap”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44.