Gijlstra Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gijlstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gijlstra 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
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
United States81:45,307,367917,113

Gijlstra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gijlstra occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gijlstra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Gijlstra occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Gijlstra live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Gijlstra is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 767,599. In The Netherlands Gijlstra is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 45 percent are found, Gelderland, where 23 percent are found and North Brabant, where 23 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found.

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
Zijlstra8810,012/
Zeijlstra82115/
Zyjlstra751/
Zijlstrà751/
Geilstrop710/
Elestra673/
Elstro57128/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gijlstra
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