Gillah Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Gillah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 111 | 1:476,951 | 32,497 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
Gillah (18) may also be a first name.
Gillah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gillah is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gillah is the 1,129,067th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Gillah reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gillah is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.
The surname Gillah is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 476,951. In Tanzania it is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 68 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 8 percent live and Tanga Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 17 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.
Gillah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gillah has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gillah last name rose 127 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Gillah
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