Gilvary Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

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

Gilvary Surname Definition:

GILIVRAY: Shortened from (Mac)cillivray, which see.

Gilvary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
England521:1,071,50151,923
Northern Ireland391:47,3094,079
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland311:142,8997,868
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Gilvary Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

GILIVRAY: Shortened from (Mac)cillivray, which see.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Gilvary Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gilvary occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilvary? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 953,750th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name Gilvary is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Gilvary are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 2,095,138. In The United States Gilvary is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 21 percent live, New York, where 18 percent live and New Jersey, where 15 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 14 percent live.

Gilvary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gilvary has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gilvary last name expanded 1,573 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gilvary Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gilvary surname are 21.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 74.29% registered to vote for the party.

Gilvary earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.84% more than the national average, earning $48,689 USD per year.

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