Gilgenbach Surname

524,446th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 619 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Gilgenbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilgenbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4591:789,67161,028
Germany1311:614,54548,972
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Gilgenbach Last Name Facts

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

Gilgenbach is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilgenbach? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gilgenbach is the 524,446th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,773,095 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Gilgenbach reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 459 people, or 1 in 789,671. In The United States Gilgenbach is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 36 percent are found, Ohio, where 22 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 21 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Gilgenbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gilgenbach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilgenbach last name rose 3,825 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilgenbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gilgenbach last name are 7.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.64% registered with the party.

Gilgenbach earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.58% more than the national average, earning $48,579 USD per year.

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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 Gilgenbach
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