Galaje Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Galaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Galaje (28) may also be a first name.
Galaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galaje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻼﺝ, Marathi: गळजे) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galaje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Galaje are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Galaje is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Galaje is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 56 percent are found and Yobe, where 44 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Galaje occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galaje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﻼﺝ | anklaj | - |
| Galaje in the Marathi language | ||
| गळजे | galaje | - |
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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 Galaje
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