Gilis surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gilis surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 104 people carried this name — #146,011 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,399 people named Gilis live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 400
Antwerp 377
Limburg 227
Liège 150
Walloon Brabant 68
Hainaut 59
Brussels-Capital 41
East Flanders 23

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 246 people named Gilis.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Haute-Garonne 46
Paris 32
Lot-et-Garonne 28
Tarn-et-Garonne 26
Aude 25
Ariège 14
Hérault 9
Loire-Atlantique 7

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

In Poland’s population register

73 people named Gilis have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 94 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Podlaskie 30
Warmian-Masurian 13
Pomeranian 7
Silesian 7
Lower Silesian 6
Masovian 6
Lesser Poland 2
West Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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