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
Average Gielen Salary in
United States
$47,069 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gielen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gielen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gielen (Arabic: فيلن) has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may also occur as a variant: Gieleń. Click here for other possible spellings of Gielen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gielen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gielen is the 47,959th most numerous family name on earth. 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 commonly used first name world-wide, held by 63 people.
The last name Gielen is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 5,521 people, or 1 in 2,082. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 85 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Belgium this surname occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 31 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.
Gielen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gielen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 3,483 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gielen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gielen are 2.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.74% registered to vote for 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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