Galchenya Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Galchenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galchenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1911:49,7448,497
Russia1601:900,76971,600

Galchenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galchenya (Russian: Гальченя) is held by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galchenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Galchenya is the 799,576th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Galchenya reside; 68 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 68 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Belarus, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 49,744. In Belarus Galchenya is mostly concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 54 percent live, Minsk, where 24 percent live and Brest Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Belarus this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 46 percent live.

Galchenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (89%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Galchenya surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Golchenya896/
Halchenya891/
Alcenia756/
Galceña751/
Golchinia671/
Alcenio6313/
Alcenjo631/
Alceneo631/
Alcynia631/
Ailchiniah631/
Galzigna5910/
Allcenio591/
Algenio50313/
Alcinio5011/
Alginja503/

Galchenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galchenya in the Russian language
Гальченяgalcena-

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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 Galchenya
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