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 also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galais? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 240,075th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,371,653 people. The last name Galais occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Galais are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Galais is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 1,553 people, or 1 in 42,771. In France Galais is most prevalent in: Réunion, where 27 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent reside and Brittany, where 12 percent reside. Aside from France Galais exists 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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