Galais Surname
Approximately 1,667 people bear this surname
Galais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,553 | 1:42,771 | 5,397 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
Galais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galais is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galais? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 240,075th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,371,653 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Galais are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Galais is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 1,553 people, or 1 in 42,771. In France it is most numerous in: Réunion, where 27 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent reside and Brittany, where 12 percent reside. Other than France Galais is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent reside and New Caledonia, 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 Galais
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