Galagal Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Galagal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galagal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1231:823,07577,828
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
India131:59,005,029552,550
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Galagal (35) may also be a first name.

Galagal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galagal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Galagal (Hindi: गलगल, Marathi: गलगल) occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galagal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,398,030th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. Galagal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Galagal live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 76 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 823,075. In The Philippines Galagal is primarily found in: Ilocos, where 33 percent are found, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 27 percent are found and Cagayan Valley, where 15 percent are found. Other than The Philippines Galagal occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galagale9391/
Galangal9332/
Galagatl931/
Alagal9225/
Gelagal8628/
Alagale8616/
Halagal866/
Alhagal861/
Halagale80252/
Halagall808/
Galyagol808/
Galagole805/
Alaghald801/
Alaaghal801/
Alagol774/
Alashghal7512/
Holagal719/
Alagoul711/
Alaghol711/
Allagol711/
Gelagol711/
Halyagol6738/
Halaghol674/
Gallegol672/
Golagole671/
Hallagol671/

Galagal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galagal in the Hindi language
गलगलgalagala-
Galagal in the Marathi language
गलगलgalagala-

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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 Galagal
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