Galbes Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
France

Galbes Surname User-submission:

It is a patronomic surname, which comes from the mountainous borders of Spain. It is made up of two elements: Gonzalo, a personal name derived from the Visigothic Gundesaelf, meaning 'battle elf', and -ez, the Spanish patronymic suffix.

Galbes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1901:1,126,70739,309
France1771:375,27055,761
Mexico1211:1,025,83613,317
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Honduras111:801,4954,197
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Galbès (1) are calculated separately.

Galbes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a patronomic surname, which comes from the mountainous borders of Spain. It is made up of two elements: Gonzalo, a personal name derived from the Visigothic Gundesaelf, meaning 'battle elf', and -ez, the Spanish patronymic suffix.

- gleicianesoares

Galbes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galbes (Russian: Галбес) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Galbès. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galbes? popularity and diffusion

Galbes is the 560,645th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Galbes are found; 39 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Galbes is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 1,126,707. In Brazil Galbes is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 83 percent are found, Paraná, where 13 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Brazil it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in France, where 31 percent are found and Mexico, where 21 percent are found.

Galbes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Galbes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galbes surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Galbes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Galbes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 67.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,562 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.03% more than the national average, earning $27,476,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 36.51% less than the national average, earning $27,394 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galbès941/
Galbeus921/
Galbest920/
Albes911,663/
Galbe91487/
Galves835,302/
Galbis831,235/
Albeus83553/
Halbes83227/
Galbez83218/
Albest83136/
Albets83118/
Galbey8385/
Galber8371/
Albese8344/
Albies8337/
Albess8313/
Ngalbe8312/
Albesh838/
Galbec834/
Galbet834/
Galues833/
Galbej833/
Albeys832/
Gailbe832/
Albeas832/
Galbed832/
Golbes832/
Galbep831/
Galbie831/
Allbes830/
Galbois77421/
Albeesh77359/
Halbeis77103/
Gallues7798/
Galveas7785/
Galvest7715/
Galbett7713/
Galbeed777/
Gailber774/
Galvesz773/
Golbets772/
Albeest772/
Goolbes771/
Ngalves771/
Ghalbeh771/
Galbech771/
Galberz771/
Galbiez771/
Galvies771/
Albiesh771/
Ghalbet771/
Halbies770/
Galbead770/
Alves735,178,023/
Galve7314,239/
Albis734,327/
Olbes731,519/
Golbe731,009/
Galba73977/
Albez73794/
Galbi73372/
Galby73345/
Albys736/
Albés733/
Albex732/
Albeş731/
Galbierz71295/
Galbeath717/
Halbeise711/
Albesova711/
Ghalbish711/
Albescht711/
Albeishe711/
Galvez67266,119/
Galvis6777,498/
Albios673,951/
Albiez672,065/
Ghalbi67569/
Golbey67494/
Galvey67292/
Albais67158/
Eilbes67147/
Halves67137/
Galbay67132/
Galbha67120/
Allves67106/
Galbaa67103/
Albech6793/
Galboy6784/
Alvees6777/
Albecz6771/
Alvess6764/
Alveis6759/
Golber6754/
Aalves6740/
Albeez6739/
Galvea6736/
Galbit6736/
Galuis6732/
Albice6731/
Galbai6730/
Albiss6728/
Galuez6721/
Albise6720/
Golbez6718/
Ngolbe6712/
Ghalba6711/
Galboa6710/
Albish677/
Golbie676/
Golbis676/
Galbiz675/
Alveas675/
Gallby675/
Albays675/
Albeiz674/
Albits674/
Galvej674/
Golbea673/
Golbet673/
Olbest672/
Ghalve672/
Holbes672/
Ailves672/
Alvesz672/
Galbio672/
Albuis672/
Galvès672/
Goulbe672/
Golbee672/
Albahiesh671/
Gaalve671/
Gaillewis671/
Galvys671/
Albois671/
Albahiess671/
Gailba671/
Galvês671/
Halbis671/
Gálves671/
Gaulve671/
Gálber671/
Galvee671/
Alvesh671/
Albeuz671/
Albeaz671/
Albist671/
Halbys671/
Haselbesh670/
Alveys670/
Albyts670/
Gaulba670/

Galbes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galbes in the Russian language
Галбесgalbes-

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