Gaalen Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Gaalen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 108 | 1:156,363 | 23,208 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gaalen (13) may also be a first name.
Gaalen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaalen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaalen (Russian: Гаален) is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaalen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,544,715th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Gaalen live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname Gaalen is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 156,363. In The Netherlands Gaalen is mostly found in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, North Holland, where 22 percent are found and North Brabant, where 19 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands Gaalen occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Aruba, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.
Gaalen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gaalen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaalen surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaalen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaalen in the Russian language | ||
| Гаален | gaalen | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gaalen
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