Gislason Surname

278,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Iceland

Gislason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gislason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada4891:75,3498,505
United States4701:771,18959,919
Iceland1451:2,621388
Denmark1261:44,7994,691
Sweden611:161,42211,223
Norway331:155,82719,235
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Faroe Islands71:7,000707
England61:9,286,343223,652
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Gíslason (1,367) are calculated separately.

Gislason Last Name Facts

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

Gislason is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Gíslason. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gislason? popularity and diffusion

It is the 278,370th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,242,839 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Gislason reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Gislason is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 75,349. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Manitoba, where 48 percent reside, Alberta, where 23 percent reside and British Columbia, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Canada it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Iceland, where 10 percent reside.

Gislason Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gislason last name are 3.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Gislason earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 11.04% more than the national average, earning 384,299 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.08% more than the national average, earning $45,341 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.13% less than the national average, earning $43,161 CAD 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 Gislason
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