The Gellis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 381 people carried this name — #54,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 5% from 402 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gellis surname
Variant of Gelles.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gellis» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Gellis.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Aude.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Gellis,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sydney S. Gellis 1914–2002 · physician
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Roberta Gellis 1927–2016 · writer
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Paulette Gellis 1949– · visual artist
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Craig Gellis 1975– · film actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gellis.
- Gelin 1,159 · U.S. census
- Gelineau 617 · U.S. census
- Gelis 103 · U.S. census
- Gella 154 · U.S. census
- Gelle 383 · U.S. census
- Geller 6,810 · U.S. census
- Gelly 104 · U.S. census
- Gelormini 164 · U.S. census
- Gelsomino 367 · U.S. census
- Gemignani 353 · U.S. census
- Genard 169 · U.S. census
- Genco 935 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gellis is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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