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 Gilkey Salary in
United States
$41,093 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gilkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilkey occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilkey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gilkey is the 99,900th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,539,731 people. This last name 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 common given name on earth, held by 12 people.
The surname Gilkey is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,717 people, or 1 in 76,841. In The United States Gilkey is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent are found, Missouri, where 9 percent are found and Kentucky, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found.
Gilkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilkey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 567 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gilkey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gilkey last name is principally Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gilkey surname are 8.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.43% registered with the 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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