Gilheaney Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Gilheaney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Ireland | 40 | 1:117,723 | 5,959 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 17 | 1:260,580 | 11,064 |
Gilheaney Demographics
Gilheaney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gilheaney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilheaney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilheaney occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilheaney? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gilheaney are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.
The surname Gilheaney is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,211,262. In England Gilheaney is mostly found in: Bedfordshire, where 35 percent live, Greater London, where 13 percent live and Lancashire, where 11 percent live. Beside England this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 31 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 10 percent live.
Gilheaney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gilheaney has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Gilheaney last name rose 235 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gilheaney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gilheaney surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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
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