The Giblin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,794 people carried this name — #11,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,837 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 30 births for the Giblin name in 1890.
Most were registered in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “19 in Roscommon and 6 in Mayo.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Giblin.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Yonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Giblin in American newspapers,
1895–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,043 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Giblin,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Giblin 1840–1887 · politician -
Irene M. Giblin 1888–1974 · composer -
Hal Giblin d. 2005
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Thomas Giblin 1808–1880
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Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin 1872–1951 · politician
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Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin 1872–1951 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Giblin.
- Giarratano 700 · U.S. census
- Gibbs 65,064 · U.S. census
- Gibeau 516 · U.S. census
- Gibel 235 · U.S. census
- Gibert 541 · U.S. census
- Giberti 161 · U.S. census
- Gibson 190,667 · U.S. census
- Gidel 121 · U.S. census
- Giel 430 · U.S. census
- Gielen 113 · U.S. census
- Gier 1,344 · U.S. census
- Gies 1,719 · U.S. census
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