Gilys Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Gilys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 326 | 1:9,309 | 1,691 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gilys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gilys is more frequently found in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilys? popularity and diffusion
Gilys is the 818,364th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gilys live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Lithuania, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 9,309. In Lithuania it is primarily found in: Vilnius County, where 30 percent live, Utena County, where 29 percent live and Panevėžys County, where 25 percent live. Aside from Lithuania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gilys
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