St-Gilles Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

St-Gilles Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Gilles.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

St-Gilles 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
Belgium511:225,42428,627
France11:66,422,722504,397
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

St-Gilles Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name St-Gilles Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name St-Gilles is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name St-Gilles? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of St-Gilles live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

St-Gilles is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 225,424. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Brussels Capital Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Belgium St-Gilles exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent are found and Haiti, where 2 percent are found.

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
St Gilles8999/
St Giles8219/
St Gille821/
St Gills821/
St-Ilis751/
St Iles751/
St-Gelis711/
St Hills711/
St-Gelais672,498/
St Ils674/
St-Clis631/
St Gellais631/
St Gelis591/
St Gelais56516/
St-Ylysse564/
St-Jelais561/
St Ilisse561/
St Hilais561/
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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 St-Gilles
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