Gillis Family History
Gillis Name Meaning
Scottish: reduced form of Gaelic Mac Gille Iosa ‘son of
the servant of Jesus’. Compare McLeish. The usual spelling in
Scotland is Gillies.Dutch form of Giles.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gillis Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gillis families
 205 - 407  69 - 204 |
 1 - 68  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gillis families
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43 - 84 15 - 42 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gillis families
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19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gillis census records
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Gillis Family Origin
Gillis Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gillis
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Gillis Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gillis census records
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