Gillekens Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Gillekens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 111 | 1:103,573 | 15,679 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
Gillekens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillekens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gillekens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillekens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,637,889th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Gillekens is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gillekens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 103,573. In Belgium Gillekens is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 61 percent live and Walloon Region, where 39 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium Gillekens occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sillekens | 89 | 345 | / |
| Zillekens | 89 | 256 | / |
| Cillekens | 89 | 217 | / |
| Hillekens | 89 | 97 | / |
| Zilleckens | 84 | 7 | / |
| Zillikens | 78 | 218 | / |
| Zellekens | 78 | 3 | / |
| Sillikens | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sellekens | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zillickens | 74 | 6 | / |
| Geelkens | 71 | 65 | / |
| Cleykens | 71 | 17 | / |
| Glackens | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sehellekens | 70 | 1 | / |
| Geluykens | 67 | 316 | / |
| Gelijkens | 67 | 20 | / |
| Zellekenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elekns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geluyckens | 63 | 49 | / |
| Elikens | 63 | 9 | / |
| Glikins | 63 | 2 | / |
| Clikens | 63 | 1 | / |
| Elekins | 63 | 1 | / |
| Claikens | 59 | 61 | / |
| Claykens | 59 | 2 | / |
| Slezkins | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ellikins | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sluiskens | 56 | 1 | / |
| Elikins | 50 | 8 | / |
| Clikins | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Gillekens
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