Galao Surname
Approximately 2,136 people bear this surname
Galao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,581 | 1:64,034 | 10,881 |
| Brazil | 444 | 1:482,149 | 18,217 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Galāo (1) & Galào (1) are calculated separately.
Galao (66) may also be a first name.
Galao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galao is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Galāo or Galào. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 196,264th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,411,772 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Galao live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 66 people.
Galao is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,581 people, or 1 in 64,034. In The Philippines Galao is mostly found in: Ilocos, where 21 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 15 percent are found and Davao Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring The Philippines Galao exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Galao
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