Gilles Surname
Approximately 48,707 people bear this surname
Gilles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 18,227 | 1:3,644 | 269 |
| Haiti | 6,884 | 1:1,552 | 236 |
| United States | 5,901 | 1:61,423 | 7,201 |
| Germany | 4,648 | 1:17,320 | 2,278 |
| Belgium | 3,926 | 1:2,928 | 279 |
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Chad | 1,733 | 1:7,843 | 1,090 |
| Philippines | 932 | 1:108,625 | 18,859 |
| Dominican Republic | 793 | 1:13,156 | 1,001 |
| Canada | 572 | 1:64,415 | 7,505 |
| Brazil | 249 | 1:859,736 | 31,019 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| Netherlands | 163 | 1:103,602 | 16,760 |
| Argentina | 156 | 1:273,996 | 22,048 |
| England | 145 | 1:384,262 | 26,878 |
| Thailand | 139 | 1:508,190 | 88,691 |
| New Caledonia | 109 | 1:2,534 | 293 |
| Uruguay | 100 | 1:34,318 | 3,985 |
| Switzerland | 56 | 1:146,659 | 14,074 |
| Luxembourg | 44 | 1:13,194 | 2,619 |
| Chile | 39 | 1:451,704 | 11,842 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 34 | 1:130,290 | 7,484 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 320 | 1:11,698 | 1,428 |
| England | 116 | 1:210,132 | 16,406 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 423 | 1:118,720 | 11,620 |
The alternate forms: Gillès (69) & Gillés (2) are calculated separately.
Gilles (415,191) may also be a first name.
Gilles Demographics
Average Male Gilles Height
175.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gilles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilles (Russian: Гиллес) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gillès or Gillés. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilles? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,544th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 149,620 people. The surname Gilles occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Gilles are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Gilles is also the 2,479th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 415,191 people.
It is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 18,227 people, or 1 in 3,644. In France it is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 16 percent live, Normandy, where 12 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account France it exists in 95 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Gilles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilles surname increased 1,395 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 97 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gilles Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Methodist (29%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gilles last name are 0.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.05% being registered with the party.
The amount Gilles earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning 370,424 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.49% more than the national average, earning R 267,312 per year; in United States they earn 5.58% more than the national average, earning $45,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.2% less than the national average, earning $44,614 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gilles Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gilles in the Russian language | ||
| Гиллес | gilles | - |
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Gilles Reference & Research
Giles DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Giles FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Gillett / Gillette FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Gilles
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis