Guillec Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Guillec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guillec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France831:800,27496,515
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Guillec Last Name Facts

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

Guillec occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Guillec.

How Common Is The Last Name Guillec? popularity and diffusion

The last name Guillec is the 2,034,059th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Guillec reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 800,274. In France Guillec is most common in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 49 percent live, Brittany, where 28 percent live and Normandy, where 17 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guillect930/
Gillec920/
Guellec86968/
Quillec86219/
Guillex861/
Guillic861/
Guilleg861/
Gilleck860/
Quilliec80225/
Guillick8038/
Gouellec8016/
Guilloic807/
Quilleuc803/
Gillic77111/
Gillek7739/
Gilleg779/
Glec731/
Gillick712,319/
Quellec71678/
Gylleck716/
Guilloique712/
Gillegg711/
Gilliocq67291/
Quelleuc6737/
Gluic6717/
Gleck6711/
Glesc679/
Quillick679/
Ghlec671/
Couellec671/
Gilliock671/

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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 Guillec
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