Ghirlando Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malta
Highest density in:
Malta

Ghirlando Surname User-submission:

It could derive in some cases from the toponym Ghirla of the province of Varese.

The surname Ghirlandi has a possible stock in Romagna and one in Milan.

Ghirlando Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malta241:17,9281,021
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Ghirlando Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It could derive in some cases from the toponym Ghirla of the province of Varese.

The surname Ghirlandi has a possible stock in Romagna and one in Milan.

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DNA test information

Ghirlando Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghirlando is most common in Malta. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghirlando? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Ghirlando occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Ghirlando live; 58 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 58 percent live in Italic Europe.

The last name Ghirlando is most frequently occurring in Malta, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 17,928. Apart from Malta this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Girlando94784/
Ghirlanda891,498/
Ghirlandi89100/
Guirlando8941/
Ghirlande891/
Girlanda82848/
Gerlando82106/
Guirlanda7857/
Guerlando7822/
Grelondo719/
Hjørland715/
Hjørlund5911/
Zharlanat561/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghirlando
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