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 borne by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilhaney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Gilhaney live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in British Isles.
Gilhaney is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 411,832. In Scotland Gilhaney is mostly concentrated in: South Lanarkshire, where 62 percent live and North Lanarkshire, where 31 percent live. Without taking into account Scotland Gilhaney exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent live.
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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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