Gilkey Surname
Approximately 4,733 people bear this surname
Gilkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,717 | 1:76,841 | 8,798 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 832 | 1:60,359 | 6,651 |
Gilkey (12) may also be a first name.
Gilkey Demographics
Average Male Gilkey Height
176.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gilkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilkey is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gilkey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilkey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 99,900th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,539,731 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Gilkey are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The surname Gilkey is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,717 people, or 1 in 76,841. In The United States Gilkey is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent live, Missouri, where 9 percent live and Kentucky, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent live and Costa Rica, where 0 percent live.
Gilkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gilkey last name increased 567 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gilkey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gilkey last name is chiefly Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gilkey last name are 8.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
Gilkey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.76% less than the national average, earning $41,093 USD per year.
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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 Gilkey
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