Galañena Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Galañena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galañena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Uruguay31:1,143,91935,564
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

The alternate forms: Galanena (41) & Galañeña (1) are calculated separately.

Galañena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galañena is borne by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Galanena or Galañeña. For other possible spellings of Galañena click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galañena? popularity and diffusion

The last name Galañena is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Galañena are found; 80 percent are found in South America and 80 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

Galañena is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 667,866. In Argentina Galañena is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 77 percent are found, Entre Ríos Province, where 13 percent are found and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Argentina this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 15 percent are found and Uruguay, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galanena9641/
Galañeña961/
Galainena82176/
Galangena821/
Galanina752,679/
Galenina7567/
Galenano752/
Galonena751/
Galenana751/
Alangena751/
Galyanina71130/
Galonenea711/
Alanina6748/
Alanyna679/
Olanena673/
Galauniene671/

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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 Galañena
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