Gaalya Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gaalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gaalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaalya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaalya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaalya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Gaalya is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 476,089. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Namutumba District, where 39 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 21 percent reside and Luuka District, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gaalya
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