Gililland Surname

607,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gililland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gililland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5061:716,32256,419
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Gililland Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gililland is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gililland click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gililland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 607,405th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The surname Gililland occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gililland are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gililland is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 716,322. In The United States Gililland is most prevalent in: Texas, where 23 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and New Mexico, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Gililland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gililland has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 693 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gililland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gililland surname are 26.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.64% registered with the party.

Gililland earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $42,343 USD per year.

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Gililland Reference & Research

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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 Gililland
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