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
The surname Galais occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Galais.
How Common Is The Last Name Galais? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galais is the 240,075th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,371,653 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Galais reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Galais is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 1,553 people, or 1 in 42,771. In France Galais is mostly concentrated in: Réunion, where 27 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent live and Brittany, where 12 percent live. Beside France Galais exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and New Caledonia, where 1 percent live.
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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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