Gaitskill Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gaitskill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaitskill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:5,576,291276,051
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Gaitskill Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gaitskill Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gaitskill is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaitskill? popularity and diffusion

Gaitskill is the 1,674,734th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Gaitskill live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gaitskill is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 5,576,291. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 28 percent live, Kentucky, where 17 percent live and North Carolina, where 12 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 42 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Gaitskill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gaitskill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gaitskill last name increased 181 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gaitskill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gaitskill surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gaitskill earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 25.98% more than the national average, earning R 299,388 per year and in United States they earn 25.66% more than the national average, earning $54,221 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaitskell89310/
Gateskill8922/
Gaetskill890/
Catskill8214/
Gaitskel820/
Katskill820/
Gateskell780/
Catskil751/
Gackill750/
Kutskill7116/
Gotskall710/
Itskel671/
Kitsukila671/

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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
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  • 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 Gaitskill
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