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
Gilah is more commonly found in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gilah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 677,464th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. Gilah is primarily found in Asia, where 71 percent of Gilah live; 68 percent live in West Asia and 68 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Gilah is also the 70,329th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 8,125 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Israel, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 28,717. In Israel it is most numerous in: Central District, where 30 percent are found, Jerusalem District, where 28 percent are found and Judea and Samaria Area, where 19 percent are found. Other than Israel Gilah is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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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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