Galaja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Galaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Galaja (46) may also be a first name.
Galaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galaja occurs most in Afghanistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Galaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galaja is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Galaja occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Galaja reside; 29 percent reside in South Asia and 29 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Galaja is also the 1,484,914th most common forename in the world It is held by 46 people.
The surname Galaja is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Nangarhar, where 50 percent reside and Paktika, where 50 percent reside. Besides Afghanistan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 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 Galaja
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