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
Gilg is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Switzerland. Around 1520 people have been found who wears Gilg as their family name. Gilg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
541,660 Russia8
23,344 Austria2
139,444 Brazil2
124,220 Italy2
8,828 Puerto Rico1
19,810 Croatia1
8,859 Iraq1
448,262 Canada1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
492,292 Ukraine1
118,015 Netherlands1
77,122 Sweden1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
20,233 Denmark25
51,398 Czech Republic20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
Countries with hundreds of Gilg:
18,206 Germany572
20,978 France465
85,463 United States274
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 gilg is a surname of Alsace-Lorraine and, represents a Latin-Germanic person hybrid name Gillich, incurred, Gilch form of this name was named as baptism gille, followed Germanic suffix -ic.

Gilg Namesakes

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