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The Gille surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 814 people carried this name — #29,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 13% from 936 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,126 people named Gille.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Seine-Maritime 476
Paris 191
Meuse 176
Meurthe-et-Moselle 125
Nord 121
Marne 96
Pas-de-Calais 77
Jura 60

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 269 people named Gille 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 101
Namur 75
Walloon Brabant 37
Flemish Brabant 34
Brussels-Capital 12
Antwerp 5
Liège 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Gille live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 16
Valais 8
Vaud 7
Aargau 4
Geneva 3
Lucerne 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 39 people named Gille live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 29
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

548 people named Gille is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 548

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Gille,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harald IV of Norway
    Harald IV of Norway 1102–1136 · ruler
  • Karl Gille
    Karl Gille 1813–1899 · jurist
  • Paris Gille 1622–1701 · monk
  • Jeanne Marthe Gille 1777–1858
  • Charles Gille 1799–1896 · philanthropist
  • Florian Antoine de Gille 1801–1865 · librarian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gille.

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