van Gills Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
van Gills Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
van Gills Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Gills Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Gills is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Gills? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of van Gills live; 82 percent live in Australasia and 82 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia it is most frequent in: Victoria, where 89 percent are found and Western Australia, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Australia van Gills occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Gils | 94 | 7,819 | / |
| van Gilst | 89 | 1,156 | / |
| van Gilse | 89 | 114 | / |
| van Giels | 89 | 113 | / |
| van Guils | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Ells | 82 | 69 | / |
| van Gels | 82 | 42 | / |
| Van-Gils | 82 | 34 | / |
| van Ilse | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Glse | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Hilst | 78 | 415 | / |
| van Geels | 78 | 2 | / |
| Van-Gilse | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Els | 75 | 509 | / |
| van Zielst | 74 | 79 | / |
| van Elst | 71 | 2,051 | / |
| van Else | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Zelst | 67 | 1,352 | / |
| van Zeelst | 63 | 156 | / |
| Van-Elst | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Elst | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 van Gills
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