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

Gilphin is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilphin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gilphin is the 4,034,050th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Gilphin is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Gilphin are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 20 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Gilphin is most numerous in: Madang, where 58 percent reside and Northern, where 42 percent reside.

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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