Galdames Surname

55,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Galdames Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galdames Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile7,4721:2,358410
Mexico3891:319,0916,999
Argentina3531:121,08610,244
Honduras2711:32,5331,034
United States2041:1,776,759116,838
Spain1501:311,68018,543
El Salvador681:93,2921,600
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Panama321:122,2584,322
Venezuela271:1,118,67016,331
Guatemala271:595,6545,127
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
England91:6,190,895170,599
Norway91:571,36544,190
France71:9,488,960336,266
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belize21:177,7373,502
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

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

Galdames Last Name Facts

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

Galdames is carried by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Galdámes. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galdames? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,691st most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 799,424 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Galdames are found; 87 percent are found in South America and 86 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most widespread in Chile, where it is carried by 7,472 people, or 1 in 2,358. In Chile Galdames is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 43 percent are found, Valparaíso Region, where 21 percent are found and Bío Bío Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Chile it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 4 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Galdames Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Galdames are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Galdames earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.01% less than the national average, earning 221,465 kr per year; in Peru they earn 192.49% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,700 per year; in United States they earn 12.92% less than the national average, earning $37,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.92% less than the national average, earning $48,731 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Galdames
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis