Gilquist Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gilquist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilquist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:12,081,964463,456
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Gilquist Last Name Facts

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

Gilquist occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gilquist click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilquist? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Gilquist occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Gilquist live; 37 percent live in North America and 37 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gilquist is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 12,081,964. In The United States it is most common in: Nebraska, where 17 percent reside, Minnesota, where 10 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 7 percent reside.

Gilquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gilquist has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gilquist last name increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gilquist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gilquist surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Gilquist earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.4% less than the national average, earning $38,662 USD per year.

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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 Gilquist
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