Gilooley Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gilooley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilooley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Gilooley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gilooley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gilooley is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gilooley.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilooley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gilooley is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Gilooley occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Gilooley live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 100 percent are found. Beside England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Gilooley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gilooley has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gilooley last name fell 70 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilooley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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
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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 Gilooley
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