Galatia Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Galatia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galatia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Indonesia701:1,889,274120,273
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Galatia (1,046) may also be a first name.

Galatia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galatia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Galatia (Arabic: جالاتيا, Georgian: გალატია) occurs most in Malawi. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galatia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Galatia is the 605,571st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. The last name Galatia is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Galatia are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 247,650th most numerous first name on earth, held by 1,046 people.

It is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Beside Malawi this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Galatia Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Galatia earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 65.52% less than the national average, earning R 81,948 per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Galatia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galatia in the Georgian language
გალატიაgalatia-
Galatia in the Arabic language
جالاتياjalatya-

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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 Galatia
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