Gilphin Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gilphin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilphin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Gilphin (20) may also be a first name.

Gilphin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gilphin is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilphin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Gilphin reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gilphin is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 58 percent live and Northern, where 42 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silphin8648/
Glphine864/
Gilpine861/
Gelphin861/
Guilpain801,125/
Jilphine801/
Gylphion801/
Gilfin7719/
Elphin772/
Glpain770/
Ilpesin7183/
Zelphin7160/
Selphin717/
Slphing713/
Celphin712/
Elphink712/
Elphina712/
Gilfina711/
Elphine711/
Hilpine711/
Slephin710/
Silphen710/
Gillfin710/
Gilfing710/
Gilfuin710/
Ilfin6711/
Zelphine672/
Clephain670/
Gillfinn670/
Helphing670/
Guelpain670/

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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 Gilphin
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