Gilean Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gilean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Gilean (85) may also be a first name.
Gilean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilean is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilean? popularity and diffusion
Gilean is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Gilean live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gilean is also the 1,039,322nd most numerous first name internationally, borne by 85 people.
The surname Gilean is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Gilean is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.
Gilean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilean has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilean surname contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gilean
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