Galad Surname
Approximately 1,099 people bear this surname
Galad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 539 | 1:24,957 | 1,368 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| Iran | 80 | 1:959,782 | 44,995 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Galád (116) are calculated separately.
Galad (1,549) may also be a first name.
Galad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galad (Arabic: غالد, Hindi: गालड, Marathi: गलड, Oriya: ଗଲଡ, Russian: Галад) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Galád. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galad? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 335,587th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,631,070 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Galad are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 196,936th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,549 people.
The surname Galad is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 539 people, or 1 in 24,957. Beside Somalia Galad exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 28 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galad in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଲଡ | galada | - |
| Galad in the Marathi language | ||
| गलड | galada | 66.67 |
| गालाद | galada | 33.33 |
| Galad in the Hindi language | ||
| गालड | galada | 50 |
| गलड | galada | 50 |
| Galad in the Russian language | ||
| Галад | galad | - |
| Galad in the Arabic language | ||
| غالد | ghald | - |
| غلاد | ghlad | - |
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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 Galad
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