Gielen Surname
Approximately 10,768 people bear this surname
Gielen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 5,521 | 1:2,082 | 149 |
| Netherlands | 3,340 | 1:5,056 | 521 |
| Germany | 875 | 1:92,006 | 11,540 |
| United States | 209 | 1:1,734,253 | 114,535 |
| France | 195 | 1:340,629 | 51,332 |
| Australia | 166 | 1:162,625 | 16,859 |
| Canada | 130 | 1:283,428 | 26,469 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Gieleń (1) are calculated separately.
Gielen (63) may also be a first name.
Gielen Demographics
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Gielen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gielen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gielen (Arabic: فيلن) is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Gieleń. Click here for further possible spellings of Gielen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gielen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,959th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 676,778 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gielen live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread first name on earth, held by 63 people.
Gielen is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 5,521 people, or 1 in 2,082. In Belgium Gielen is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 13 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name exists in 46 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 31 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.
Gielen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gielen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gielen last name expanded 3,483 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gielen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gielen last name are 2.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.74% registered with the party.
The amount Gielen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning $47,069 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $47,666 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gielen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gielen in the Arabic language | ||
| فيلن | fyln | - |
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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 Gielen
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