The Gilg surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 206 people carried this name — #84,631 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

186 people named Gilg live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 63

Thurgau 32

Bern 17

Fribourg 16

Glarus 13

Schaffhausen 10

Lucerne 9

Zug 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Gilg.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 6

Haut-Rhin 81

Bas-Rhin 49

Paris 16

Moselle 8

Var 4

Haute-Saône 4

Hauts-de-Seine 3

Morbihan 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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