The Gillot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 133 people carried this name — #128,249 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 115 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,689 people named Gillot.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 300 people named Gillot live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Gillot live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Gillot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Gillot 1673–1722 · painter -
Firmin Gillot 1819–1872 · engineer -
François-Xavier Gillot 1842–1910 · physician -
Jacques Gillot 1550–1619 · jurist
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Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge 1650–1718 · writer
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Léon Gillot 1851–1907 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gillot.
- Gillio 205 · U.S. census
- Gillion 437 · U.S. census
- Gillis 18,834 · U.S. census
- Gillmann 106 · U.S. census
- Gillo 181 · U.S. census
- Gillon 1,429 · U.S. census
- Gillotte 209 · U.S. census
- Gilly 608 · U.S. census
- Gilman 11,946 · U.S. census
- Gilmer 6,697 · U.S. census
- Gilot 360 · U.S. census
- Gilson 7,271 · U.S. census
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