Gillén Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Gillén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 57 | 1:172,750 | 11,943 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Gillen (18,670) are calculated separately.
Gillén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gillén occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Gillen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gillén live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
Gillén is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 172,750. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 63 percent are found, Kronoberg County, where 12 percent are found and Västerbotten County, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it exists in one country. It is also found in Peru, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gillén
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