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 surname Gilly occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gilly.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilly? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 100,482nd most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,550,542 people. The surname Gilly is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Gilly reside; 48 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Gilly is also the 109,400th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 4,058 people.
This surname is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 1,762 people, or 1 in 37,697. In France it is primarily found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 55 percent are found, Occitanie, where 12 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent are found. Barring France Gilly occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Iran, where 10 percent are found.
Gilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gilly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gilly surname grew 224 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gilly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Gilly are 15.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.35% being registered to vote for the 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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