Gala Forename
26,018th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 32,788 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Spain
Gala Forename Definition:
A Old French name, meaning: Festive: a Numidian king.
Gala Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 51% | 12,552 | 1:96,788 | 11,801 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,760 | 1:12,375 | 857 |
| Pakistan | 78% | 3,086 | 1:62,980 | 3,332 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,420 | 1:59,601 | 1,329 |
| United States | 100% | 2,086 | 1:173,795 | 6,483 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1,203 | 1:25,591 | 1,686 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 784 | 1:329,035 | 27,873 |
| Niger | 94% | 756 | 1:25,376 | 1,654 |
| Colombia | 100% | 703 | 1:67,964 | 2,650 |
| Egypt | 57% | 542 | 1:169,559 | 6,605 |
| Mexico | 100% | 351 | 1:353,688 | 4,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 316 | 1:25,798 | 2,550 |
| Kazakhstan | 63% | 312 | 1:56,881 | 2,189 |
| Cameroon | 56% | 268 | 1:80,636 | 4,519 |
| Afghanistan | 54% | 238 | 1:137,074 | 4,135 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Philippines | 85% | 228 | 1:464,954 | 15,899 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 215 | 1:140,474 | 5,730 |
| Nigeria | 79% | 191 | 1:929,656 | 23,804 |
| Poland | 98% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Uganda | 94% | 137 | 1:298,956 | 8,686 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 130 | 1:234,230 | 12,910 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 120 | 1:45,607 | 750 |
| Belarus | 94% | 115 | 1:82,456 | 888 |
| Peru | 100% | 111 | 1:286,409 | 6,409 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 91 | 1:27,019 | 1,500 |
| Ireland | 100% | 87 | 1:53,374 | 1,705 |
| Canada | 100% | 84 | 1:394,445 | 11,327 |
| Nepal | 56% | 82 | 1:347,407 | 11,864 |
| DR Congo | 82% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Argentina | 100% | 74 | 1:578,017 | 3,966 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 74 | 1:311,837 | 13,522 |
| England | 95% | 73 | 1:761,684 | 13,981 |
| Germany | 70% | 71 | 1:1,361,660 | 9,336 |
| Italy | 76% | 65 | 1:939,417 | 8,291 |
| South Africa | 79% | 61 | 1:893,978 | 35,430 |
| France | 100% | 55 | 1:1,208,552 | 8,739 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 53 | 1:131,894 | 4,075 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Thailand | 100% | 33 | 1:2,123,206 | 57,616 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 28 | 1:550,851 | 23,998 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 26 | 1:229,741 | 10,423 |
| Benin | 100% | 25 | 1:423,034 | 15,002 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Kosovo | - | 25 | 1:74,458 | 4,696 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 23 | 1:419,258 | 9,329 |
| Moldova | - | 21 | 1:169,578 | 1,667 |
| Mauritania | 59% | 20 | 1:204,762 | 6,015 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 20 | 1:361,840 | 4,257 |
| Israel | 50% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Georgia | 54% | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Netherlands | 86% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 17 | 1:27,979 | 568 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| Panama | 100% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Latvia | 100% | 14 | 1:143,975 | 2,251 |
| Australia | - | 13 | 1:1,050,586 | 12,238 |
| Chile | 100% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Ukraine | - | 13 | 1:3,499,993 | 7,073 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 11 | 1:547,121 | 9,117 |
| Senegal | 73% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Czechia | 86% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 75% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Galã (1) & Ğala (1) are calculated separately.
Gala (67,693) may also be a surname.
Gala Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old French name, meaning: Festive: a Numidian king.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Gala Forename Popularity
Gala Demographics
Gala Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 410 (2014)
United States
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Gala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gala in the Russian language | ||
| Гала | gala | - |
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