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There are approximately 300 people named Gillet in the UK. That makes it the 12,920th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 5 are named Gillet.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Gillet surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GILLET. (in jjronunciation Jillet.) The name is supposed to be derived from Gilleste, a town on the borders of France and Piedmont. Inf. Rev. Edw. Gillet. When tlie G is hard, the name is probably a derivation of Guillaume, William.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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