Galatia Forename

247,650th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,046 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Galatia Forename Definition:

Gal-lay'-she-a, white, of the colour of milk. A province of the Lesser Asia, bounded on the west by Phrygia, on the east by the river Halys, on the north by Papnlagonia, and on the south by Lycaonia. It took its name from the Galat , or Gauls, who settled there.

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Galatia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus
61%
 
3991:2,183322
Indonesia-1691:1,526,41284,361
Malawi
100%
1481:115,6246,115
Greece
 
52%
1411:77,5502,322
United States
100%
601:6,042,28371,113
South Africa
 
93%
261:2,097,41061,386
England
100%
261:2,138,57426,646
Tanzania
100%
121:4,399,02726,540
Malaysia
 
82%
121:2,537,49569,200
Germany
50%
 
71:13,811,12541,547
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Uganda
50%
 
41:10,239,23065,177
Kenya
100%
41:11,576,77840,588
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Georgia
100%
21:1,869,23320,119
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289

Galatia (512) may also be a surname.

Galatia Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gal-lay'-she-a, white, of the colour of milk. A province of the Lesser Asia, bounded on the west by Phrygia, on the east by the river Halys, on the north by Papnlagonia, and on the south by Lycaonia. It took its name from the Galat , or Gauls, who settled there.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: milky (?).

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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