Gilyén Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Gilyén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gilyén Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary571:172,21515,080
Romania61:3,346,31256,696

The alternate forms: Gilyen (96) are calculated separately.

Gilyén Last Name Facts

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

Gilyén is found most in Hungary. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gilyen. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilyén? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,414,640th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gilyén reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 90 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 172,215. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 61 percent reside, Heves County, where 23 percent reside and Békés County, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Hungary this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Romania, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gilyen9496/
Gillyen778/
Gilyend771/
Ilyin7327,746/
Iliyn7377/
Ilyjn731/
Gillyion710/
Gilgen673,371/
Ilyina67372/
Giljen67151/
Gylyen6742/
Iliyna6722/
Gilien676/
Islyen671/
Siljén671/
Cilyen671/
Ailyen671/
Ilyeng671/
Hilyen671/
Illyin671/
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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 Gilyén
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