Gillican Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Gillican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gillican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Gillican Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gillican Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gillican has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gillican? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gillican is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Gillican is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Gillican live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 75 percent live and Florida, where 25 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 20 percent live.

Gillican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gillican has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gillican surname contracted 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gillicand942/
Gillichan940/
Gilican930/
Gillikan8810/
Gillisan882/
Hillican881/
Sillican881/
Illickan881/
Ilican86308/
Chillican821/
Gellizcan821/
Gilligian821/
Gelican8048/
Islican8032/
Ilikcan8028/
Ellican8025/
Gilikan8021/
Illikan807/
Ilicand804/
Glician801/
Glicane801/
Hilican801/
Glickan801/
Gillison751,138/
Gaylican75151/
Ellickan752/
Glickamn751/
Illikane751/
Illescan751/
Uillecan751/
Gillesan751/
Chilican751/
Gillejan750/
Hillikan750/
Elican71661/
Glisan71408/
Ilikan71247/
Glikan7124/
Ilecan7120/
Glizan7116/
Gilleison713/
Chillikan712/
Glicen712/
Glycan711/
Glucan711/
Glicam711/
Gilloison711/
Ilikhan67668/
Ilikkan67626/
Helican67227/
Uilecan67103/
Etlican6726/
Glechan6720/
Slicane674/
Gelicon671/
Ellecan671/
Elicain671/
Glizane671/
Glizean671/
Ilikane671/
Ilişkan671/
Jelican671/
Oilikan671/
Sliocan671/
Glickon671/
Ellicon670/
Gleecan670/

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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 Gillican
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