Gaillard Surname
Approximately 58,160 people bear this surname
Gaillard Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Gay, Lively [Anglo-French galiard(e, gallard, gaylard, &c., French gaillard, jolly; O.Sax, gél-O.H.Ger. geil = O.E, gál, gay, &c. + the French intens.
suff. -ard, Teutonic hard, hard] Gaillard he was as goldfynch in the shawe [wood].
Read More About This SurnameGaillard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 47,916 | 1:1,386 | 72 |
| United States | 3,159 | 1:114,739 | 12,401 |
| Switzerland | 2,757 | 1:2,979 | 378 |
| Belgium | 901 | 1:12,760 | 1,916 |
| Argentina | 798 | 1:53,563 | 4,522 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Netherlands | 282 | 1:59,884 | 10,315 |
| Canada | 270 | 1:136,465 | 14,092 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Haiti | 166 | 1:64,361 | 3,593 |
| Italy | 164 | 1:372,907 | 43,105 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| South Africa | 125 | 1:433,422 | 37,136 |
| Germany | 116 | 1:694,013 | 53,217 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Chile | 89 | 1:197,938 | 6,300 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Mexico | 63 | 1:1,970,257 | 18,660 |
| Saint Lucia | 62 | 1:2,884 | 447 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Luxembourg | 35 | 1:16,587 | 3,734 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 9 | 1:1,512 | 26 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1:1,132,081 | 47,619 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 867 | 1:57,922 | 6,435 |
Gaillard (124) may also be a first name.
Gaillard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Gay, Lively [Anglo-French galiard(e, gallard, gaylard, &c., French gaillard, jolly; O.Sax, gél-O.H.Ger. geil = O.E, gál, gay, &c. + the French intens.
suff. -ard, Teutonic hard, hard] Gaillard he was as goldfynch in the shawe [wood].—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 4367.
Cp. Gaillard and Gaylard.
(English) The gay or blithe person; descendant of Gaillard (gay).
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the Spanish adjetive gallardo, which means 'handsome' and 'brave'.
It is a deformation from the Catalan word gallart or the french equivalent, gallard or gaillard.
It comes from the french chevaliers in the Middle Ages, who came to Castile.
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Average Gaillard Salary in
United States
$40,654 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gaillard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaillard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaillard occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaillard? popularity and diffusion
Gaillard is the 9,713th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 125,302 people. The last name Gaillard is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Gaillard live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 836,439th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 124 people.
It is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 47,916 people, or 1 in 1,386. In France it is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 22 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent reside. Outside of France this last name is found in 87 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.
Gaillard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gaillard has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 620 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gaillard Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gaillard surname are 9.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.86% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gaillard earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 233.78% more than the national average, earning S/. 64,703 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.66% more than the national average, earning R 312,864 per year; in United States they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $40,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.8% less than the national average, earning $44,315 CAD per year.
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