Gillissie Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gillissie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gillissie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Canada891:413,99536,402

Gillissie Last Name Facts

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

Gillissie occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gillissie? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,163,787th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gillissie live; 100 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 3,124,646. In The United States Gillissie is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 32 percent are found, California, where 23 percent are found and Ohio, where 21 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 43 percent are found.

Gillissie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gillissie last name are 21.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Gillissie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.31% more than the national average, earning $44,145 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.42% more than the national average, earning $56,845 CAD per year.

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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 Gillissie
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