Gilbury Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gilbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gilbury 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
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Gilbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gilbury occurs most in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilbury? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Gilbury live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is most numerous in: Devon, where 93 percent are found, Gloucestershire, where 4 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 4 percent are found. Barring England this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Gilbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gilbury has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gilbury last name expanded 338 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Gillbury930/
Ilbury9241/
Jilbury8611/
Silbury862/
Gilbory860/
Hilbury860/
Hillbury807/
Elbury7737/
Ilbura773/
Elboury71840/
Gilbore7158/
Gălbură711/
Eslbury711/
Selbury710/
Eulbury710/
Silboure6742/
Silbouri679/
Elbouray674/
Gelbouri671/
Chelbury670/
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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 Gilbury
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