Gillek Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Gillek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Gillek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gillek is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gillek is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gillek live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 266,129. In Sweden Gillek is mostly concentrated in: Jönköping County, where 65 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 32 percent are found and Värmland County, where 3 percent are found. Other than Sweden it exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Gillek
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