The Gilly surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 608 people carried this name — #36,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 9% from 666 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 906 people named Gilly.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Gilly live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
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 70 people named Gilly 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.
Who carried it
People named Gilly,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Gilly 1748–1808 · architect -
Friedrich Gilly 1772–1800 · architect -
William Gilly 1789–1855 · Anglican priest -
William Gilly 1789–1855 · Anglican priest
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Numa Gilly 1834–1895 · politician -
Franz Joseph Gilly 1650–1737 · mintmaster
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gilly.
- Gillis 18,834 · U.S. census
- Gillmann 106 · U.S. census
- Gillo 181 · U.S. census
- Gillon 1,429 · U.S. census
- Gillot 133 · U.S. census
- Gillotte 209 · U.S. census
- Gilman 11,946 · U.S. census
- Gilmer 6,697 · U.S. census
- Gilot 360 · U.S. census
- Gilson 7,271 · U.S. census
- Gimbert 229 · U.S. census
- Gimenes 203 · U.S. census
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