Gilla Surname
Approximately 2,402 people bear this surname
Gilla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 666 | 1:152,009 | 25,316 |
| India | 620 | 1:1,237,202 | 49,284 |
| Tanzania | 421 | 1:125,752 | 11,844 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| Poland | 132 | 1:287,945 | 34,716 |
| United States | 115 | 1:3,151,817 | 182,069 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Pakistan | 23 | 1:7,767,125 | 41,967 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Gilla (2,384) may also be a first name.
Gilla Demographics
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Gilla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilla (Hindi: गिल्ला, Marathi: िलगा, Oriya: ଗିଲା, Russian: Гилла) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 177,945th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,033,949 people. The last name Gilla is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Gilla are found; 28 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 27 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 152,068th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 2,384 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 666 people, or 1 in 152,009. In The Philippines Gilla is most common in: Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent reside, Davao Region, where 15 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 15 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines Gilla exists in 36 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 18 percent reside.
Gilla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilla has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilla last name increased 426 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gilla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gilla last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.
Gilla earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.36% less than the national average, earning $38,678 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gilla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gilla in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଲା | gila | - |
| Gilla in the Marathi language | ||
| िलगा | ilaga | - |
| Gilla in the Hindi language | ||
| गिल्ला | gilla | 98.05 |
| गील्ला | gilla | 0.89 |
| गिलला | gilala | 0.71 |
| गिल्ल | gilla | 0.18 |
| गिला | gila | 0.18 |
| Gilla in the Russian language | ||
| Гилла | gilla | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gilla
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