Galbraithe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Galbraithe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galbraithe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

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

Galbraithe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galbraithe is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Galbraithè. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galbraithe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Galbraithe is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Galbraithe are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most numerous in: Derbyshire, where 50 percent live and Durham, where 50 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent live.

Galbraithe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Galbraithe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Galbraithe
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