Gilhaney Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gilhaney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gilhaney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilhaney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilhaney is found most frequently in Scotland. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gilhaney.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilhaney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Gilhaney live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most widely held in Scotland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 411,832. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: South Lanarkshire, where 62 percent reside and North Lanarkshire, where 31 percent reside. Beside Scotland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Gilhaney
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