Gilg is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.
Family Name / Last Name: Gilg
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Worn in the Upper Rhine, the name is considered a variant of the name Gilles, as Gilch and Gilck (67 above). Derivatives: Gilcher, Gilger (and perhaps Gilgert). Gilger seems to have been Frenchified Gilgaire in Lorraine.
How popular is Gilg?
Gilg is ranked 219728 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Gilgs plummeted by 1.456311 per cent to 203 since 2000 and slipped by 6222 spots and ranked at 90853. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
---|---|---|
White | 92.12 | 94.66 |
Others | 5.91 | 0 |
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092
Spain9
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541,660
Russia8
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23,344
Austria2
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139,444
Brazil2
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124,220
Italy2
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8,828
Puerto Rico1
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19,810
Croatia1
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8,859
Iraq1
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448,262
Canada1
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29,774
Venezuela1
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83,428
United Arab Emirates1
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492,292
Ukraine1
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118,015
Netherlands1
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77,122
Sweden1
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38,841
Scotland1
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Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027
England32
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20,233
Denmark25
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51,398
Czech Republic20
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Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610
Switzerland99
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Countries with hundreds of Gilg:
18,206
Germany572
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20,978
France465
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85,463
United States274
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- Margret Gilgenreiner, Actress
- Karl Gilg, Chess master
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