van Gilse Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Gilse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Gilse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands681:248,34131,935
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Denmark151:376,31425,792
United States91:40,273,215872,126
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Gilse Last Name Facts

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

van Gilse is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of van Gilse.

How Common Is The Last Name van Gilse? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,710,039th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of van Gilse live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 248,341. In The Netherlands van Gilse is most numerous in: North Holland, where 29 percent live, Gelderland, where 24 percent live and North Brabant, where 19 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Gils947,819/
van Ilse941/
van Glse941/
van Gilst891,156/
van Giels89113/
van Gills8911/
van Guils892/
Van-Gilse891/
van Gilger840/
van Gels8242/
Van-Gils8234/
van Else821/
von Gilsa78114/
van Geels782/
van Zielst7479/
van Geldger701/
van Zelst671,352/
von Gilza671/
van Zeelst63156/
van Helzie631/
van Elshuis6028/
von Selz598/
von Clezie531/

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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 van Gilse
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