Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
GILKS
There are approximately 243 people named Gilks in the UK. That makes it the 13,916th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 4 are named Gilks.
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The Gilks surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
GILKS. See Gilbert. This name was so common in the northern part of Oxfordshire in the last century, that, on the enclosure, in 1774-, of some lands in the parish of Swalcliffe, it was necessary to describe six claimants thus : —