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The Gilli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 134 people carried this name — #127,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 21% from 169 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 849 people named Gilli 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 Córdoba.

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Where they live today

Córdoba 438
Santa Fe 228
Buenos Aires Province 118
City of Buenos Aires 28
Corrientes 14
Salta 13
Santa Cruz 10

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 480 people named Gilli.

60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 60
Alpes-Maritimes 217
Bouches-du-Rhône 39
Hérault 33
Var 26
Rhône 19
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 18
Gard 13
Oise 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

336 people named Gilli live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 144
Zurich 36
Aargau 32
Zug 18
Graubünden 17
Schwyz 17
Geneva 14
Nidwalden 13

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.

Who carried it

People named Gilli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Piero Gilli
    Piero Gilli 1897–1967 · association football player
  • Lorenzo Gilli
    Lorenzo Gilli 1905– · association football player
  • Pierina Gilli
    Pierina Gilli 1911–1991 · nurse
  • Pierina Gilli
    Pierina Gilli 1911–1991 · nurse
  • Alexander Gilli 1823–1880 · sculptor
  • Gianbattista Gilli 1896–1971 · sport cyclist

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

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