Galdwin Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Galdwin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Galdwin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Galdwin (10) may also be a first name.

Galdwin Last Name Facts

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

Galdwin occurs most in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galdwin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Galdwin live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 33 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 33 percent reside and South Carolina, where 33 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 20 percent reside.

Galdwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Galdwin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galdwin last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galdwine931/
Goldwin86284/
Galduin862/
Galdwen861/
Galdwyn860/
Goldwein8064/
Goldwine8027/
Goldwain801/
Galdvn771/
Goldwhine751/
Goldwyn71524/
Galduen71152/
Goldbin7135/
Golduin711/
Goldwajn675/
Goldwynn674/
Goldwyon670/
Goldben5747/
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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 Galdwin
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