Ghijs Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ghijs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghijs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3121:36,8486,017
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ghijs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghijs is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghijs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 816,514th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ghijs live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ghijs is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 312 people, or 1 in 36,848. In Belgium Ghijs is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghuijs9118/
Gijs89533/
Ghis89510/
Ghais80557/
Ghois80387/
Ghish80209/
Geijs80177/
Ghiss8079/
Gijse8078/
Guijs8066/
Gheis8039/
Ghios805/
Ghuis802/
Gaijs801/
Goijs801/
Gis753,552/
Gjs757/
Nghish73101/
Ghoish7352/
Ghiosh7347/
Gaheis7325/
Gaijss7311/
Ghaits735/
Gheist735/
Ghaish734/
Gheiss734/
Ghuist733/
Ghaise731/
Ghaist731/
Ghuise731/
Ghoise731/
Ghoist730/
Gois6733,533/
Gist678,460/
Gies677,408/
Ghys672,722/
Giss671,658/
Gais671,397/
Góis671,069/
Guis67822/
Ghiz67701/
Gise67584/
Gisz67118/
Gjøs6743/
Gehs6738/
Ngis6735/
Ghes6728/
Gisd6725/
Ghaisse6711/
Gisp678/
Gojs677/
Gajs675/
Gejs673/
Cgis672/
Gjzs672/
Gihs672/
Gjjs672/
Gheisse671/
Ghaiseh671/
Ggis671/
Gujs671/
Gijx671/
Ghjx671/
Gjsd671/
Gjsh671/
Gisj671/
Qgis670/

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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 Ghijs
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