Gilstrap Family History
Gilstrap Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified
place with a name such as Gil(l)sthorp(e), the first element
being on Old English or Old Norse personal name, the second being Old
Norse þorp ‘hamlet’, ‘settlement’, or possibly an Anglicized
form of a Danish habitational name from Gelstrup or Gølstrup in
Jutland. The surname id found in SC, GA, and TX.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gilstrap Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gilstrap families
 33 - 64  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gilstrap families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gilstrap last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gilstrap Family Origin
Average Life Expectancy for Gilstrap
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Gilstrap Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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