Gailiss Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Gailiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 296 | 1:6,926 | 964 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
The alternate forms: Gailišs (5) are calculated separately.
Gailiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gailiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gailiss occurs most in Latvia. It can occur as a variant: Gailišs. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gailiss? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 866,642nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname Gailiss occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gailiss are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Latvia, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 6,926. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 52 percent live, Semigallia, where 26 percent live and Latgale, where 11 percent live. Other than Latvia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gailiss
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