Gylen Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gylen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Gylén (44) are calculated separately.
Gylen (39) may also be a first name.
Gylen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gylen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gylen is most common in Finland. It may occur as a variant: Gylén. For other potential spellings of Gylen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gylen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Gylen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gylen are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 422,823. In Finland Gylen is primarily found in: Southwest Finland, where 69 percent live, North Karelia, where 23 percent live and South Karelia, where 8 percent live. Besides Finland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 7 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 Gylen
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