The Gillet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 586 people carried this name — #37,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 561 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gillet surname
Variant of Gillett.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gillet» (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 10,453 people named Gillet.
196 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 3,444 people named Gillet 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 Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
145 people named Gillet live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 25 people named Gillet 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gillet.
- Gilland 2,439 · U.S. census
- Gillard 4,099 · U.S. census
- Gille 814 · U.S. census
- Gillen 8,462 · U.S. census
- Giller 946 · U.S. census
- Gilles 4,102 · U.S. census
- Gillette 12,724 · U.S. census
- Gilli 134 · U.S. census
- Gilliard 4,198 · U.S. census
- Gillig 461 · U.S. census
- Gillin 1,238 · U.S. census
- Gillio 205 · U.S. census
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