Gilgrass Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Gilgrass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilgrass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales111:281,32115,850
England91:6,190,895170,599
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140

Gilgrass Last Name Facts

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

Gilgrass is found most frequently in Wales. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilgrass? popularity and diffusion

Gilgrass is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gilgrass are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

Gilgrass is most frequent in Wales, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 281,321. In Wales it is most common in: Blaenau Gwent County Borough, where 73 percent are found, Flintshire, where 9 percent are found and Pembrokeshire, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Wales this surname is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 45 percent are found.

Gilgrass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gilgrass has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gilgrass last name decreased 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gillgrass94287/
Gilgross880/
Gilgrease822/
Gilgreast821/
Hillgrass821/
Gilgray800/
Hillengrass743/
Glengross711/
Gelgra711/
Gilgreath711/
Hilgros672/
Gilgreu671/
Gillgreath670/
Zillgratt590/
Elgros572/
Slegray5391/
Zelgrad532/
Elghraz531/
Elgrace531/
Elghrraz501/

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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
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  • 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 Gilgrass
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