Gilniat Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Gilniat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 41 | 1:14,160 | 3,053 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gilniat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilniat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gilniat is more frequently found in Luxembourg than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gilniat.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilniat? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gilniat are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gilniat is most frequently occurring in Luxembourg, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 14,160. In Luxembourg Gilniat is mostly found in: Remich Canton, where 93 percent reside, Esch-sur-Alzette Canton, where 5 percent reside and Diekirch Canton, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Luxembourg this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 18 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Gilniat
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