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The GIL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 19,403 1691 0.007 72
United States (1880 census) 85 34981 0 2
Change since 1880 +19318 +33290 +N/A +70
Other Countries
Australia 143 10295 0.001 9
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GIL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 4,798 812 0.014 142
Florida 3,820 622 0.024 239
Texas 2,360 1311 0.011 113
New York 1,878 1181 0.010 99
New Jersey 1,029 1056 0.012 122
Top States for GIL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 3,820 622 0.024 239
California 4,798 812 0.014 142
New Jersey 1,029 1056 0.012 122
Rhode Island 124 1580 0.012 118
Texas 2,360 1311 0.011 113

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GIL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GIL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GIL in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GIL by picking someone at random in Florida than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GIL

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GIL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GIL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GIL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 307 1.58
Black/African American 171 0.88
Mixed Race 136 0.7
Native American/Alaskan 43 0.22
White (Hispanic) 16,339 84.21
White (Caucasian) 2,410 12.42

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GIL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GIL in historical publications

E GILL. GIL. A prefix of many old Gaelic personal names now become surnames. Like the Lowland Scotch Gillie, it means a menial servant. In the early ages of Christianity in Scotland, it was ordinary for religious persons to devote and designate themselves as servants, either of the Saviour or of some saint. Hence among others the names — Gillies, the servant of Jesus.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GIL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GIL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GIL

The following words are slight variants of GIL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.