Popularity of the last name by country
Mexico
- Distrito Federal (740)
- Jalisco (460)
- Sonora (349)
- Michoacán de Ocampo (273)
- Coahuila de Zaragoza (215)
- Yucatán (158)
- Puebla (124)
- Zacatecas (118)
- Nuevo León (112)
- Tamaulipas (111)
- Aguascalientes (97)
- Hidalgo (96)
- Guanajuato (88)
- Sinaloa (80)
- Durango (63)
- Oaxaca (33)
- Chihuahua (32)
- Campeche (31)
- Nayarit (31)
- San Luis Potosí (26)
- Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (23)
- Tabasco (16)
- Querétaro (14)
- Morelos (8)
- México (7)
- Guerrero (6)
- Chiapas (2)
- Baja California (1)
- Baja California Sur (1)
All countries
- Spain (222,209)
- France (49,525)
- United States (11,979)
- Portugal (8,165)
- Algeria (5,348)
- Colombia (3,666)
- Mexico (3,461)
- Poland (2,479)
- Argentina (2,144)
- Venezuela (2,117)
- Brazil (1,492)
- United Kingdom (1,488)
- Dominican Republic (817)
- Netherlands (732)
- Peru (697)
- New Zealand (595)
- Australia (556)
- Switzerland (553)
- Belgium (521)
- Cuba (412)
- Austria (399)
- Puerto Rico (353)
- Canada (340)
- Uruguay (331)
- Morocco (304)
- Chile (268)
- Unknown country (211)
- Germany (204)
- Ecuador (187)
- Italy (176)
- Bolivia (155)
- Hungary (141)
- Norway (135)
- Ireland (131)
- Czech republic (118)
- Gibraltar (85)
- Sweden (56)
- Guatemala (53)
- Philippines (50)
- Paraguay (42)
Origine of last name
GIL : 1: Spanish Catalan and Portuguese: from the personal name Gil from French Gille(s) from Latin Aegidius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Giles">Giles</a> 1).2: German: from a vernacular short form of the medieval personal name Aegilius a later form of Latin Aegidius (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Giles">Giles</a> 1). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gill">Gill</a> 11.3: Polish: from gil ‘bullfinch’ probably a nickname for a simpleton. This surname is also found in Germany. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gill">Gill</a> 12.4: Irish and Scottish (Morayshire): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gill">Gill</a>.
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