Gilly Surname
Approximately 4,700 people bear this surname
Gilly Surname Definition:
From gilly, gelly, kelli, a grove. There is a place called Gilly in Mawgan, in Meneage.
Gilly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,762 | 1:37,697 | 4,659 |
| United States | 1,036 | 1:349,864 | 31,368 |
| Iran | 465 | 1:165,124 | 14,134 |
| Venezuela | 229 | 1:131,896 | 4,289 |
| Germany | 228 | 1:353,094 | 34,155 |
| Austria | 186 | 1:45,782 | 7,317 |
| Switzerland | 91 | 1:90,252 | 9,968 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Hungary | 74 | 1:132,652 | 12,253 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 463 | 1:108,464 | 10,843 |
Gilly (4,058) may also be a first name.
Gilly Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From gilly, gelly, kelli, a grove. There is a place called Gilly in Mawgan, in Meneage.
(Cornish British) The wood or grove of hazel; Gaelic, Coille.
Gilly Demographics
Average Male Gilly Height
175.43 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gilly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilly has its highest incidence in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilly? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 100,482nd most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,550,542 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Gilly live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Gilly is also the 109,400th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 4,058 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 1,762 people, or 1 in 37,697. In France Gilly is most prevalent in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 55 percent reside, Occitanie, where 12 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent reside. Outside of France this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 10 percent reside.
Gilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gilly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilly last name increased 224 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gilly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gilly last name are 15.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.35% registered with the political party.
Gilly earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning $44,885 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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