Gailis Surname
Approximately 1,371 people bear this surname
Gailis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 1,095 | 1:1,872 | 199 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Lithuania | 58 | 1:52,320 | 8,307 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Gailiš (1) are calculated separately.
Gailis (11) may also be a first name.
Gailis Demographics
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Gailis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gailis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gailis (Russian: Гаилис) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gailiš. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gailis? popularity and diffusion
It is the 281,430th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,315,497 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Gailis live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is held by 1,095 people, or 1 in 1,872. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 52 percent live, Vidzeme, where 24 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Latvia Gailis occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Lithuania, where 4 percent live.
Gailis Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gailis surname are 3.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.52% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gailis earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.23% less than the national average, earning 248,382 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.84% more than the national average, earning R 287,160 per year; in United States they earn 5.08% more than the national average, earning $45,339 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.04% less than the national average, earning $44,694 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gailis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gailis in the Russian language | ||
| Гаилис | gailis | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gailis
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