Gilah Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Gilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 298 | 1:28,717 | 4,130 |
| Liberia | 81 | 1:54,426 | 4,815 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gilah (8,125) may also be a first name.
Gilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilah is found most frequently in Israel. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gilah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 677,464th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Gilah reside; 68 percent reside in West Asia and 68 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 70,329th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 8,125 people.
The last name Gilah is most frequent in Israel, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 28,717. In Israel Gilah is most prevalent in: Central District, where 30 percent live, Jerusalem District, where 28 percent live and Judea and Samaria Area, where 19 percent live. Other than Israel Gilah is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gilah
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