Gilcriest Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gilcriest Surname Definition:

V. Gilchreest.

Gilcriest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland331:134,2387,606
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Gilcriest (2) may also be a first name.

Gilcriest Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Gilchreest.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Gilcriest Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gilcriest is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gilcriest.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilcriest? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gilcriest live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 9,404,674th most numerous first name internationally, held by 2 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Gilcriest is most common in: Texas, where 100 percent are found.

Gilcriest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gilcriest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilcriest surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilcriest Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gilcriest last name is principally Catholic (79%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gilcriest
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