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
Gillén is found most in Sweden. It may also occur as: Gillen. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Gillén is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gillén are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 172,750. In Sweden Gillén is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 63 percent live, Kronoberg County, where 12 percent live and Västerbotten County, where 9 percent live. Apart from Sweden Gillén occurs in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 2 percent live.
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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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