Gilig Surname
Approximately 1,584 people bear this surname
Gilig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,523 | 1:66,473 | 11,352 |
| Turkey | 47 | 1:1,655,775 | 62,151 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Gilig (12) may also be a first name.
Gilig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilig is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilig? popularity and diffusion
Gilig is the 250,395th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,600,723 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gilig are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gilig is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,523 people, or 1 in 66,473. In The Philippines Gilig is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 72 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 7 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 6 percent reside. Other than The Philippines it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Gilig
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