Galea Surname
Approximately 29,625 people bear this surname
Galea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 9,046 | 1:48 | 6 |
| Australia | 4,156 | 1:6,496 | 956 |
| Venezuela | 3,827 | 1:7,892 | 828 |
| Romania | 2,995 | 1:6,704 | 893 |
| United States | 1,474 | 1:245,902 | 23,432 |
| France | 1,446 | 1:45,935 | 5,892 |
| Spain | 1,323 | 1:35,338 | 3,516 |
| England | 928 | 1:60,041 | 7,136 |
| Philippines | 913 | 1:110,885 | 19,195 |
| Canada | 897 | 1:41,076 | 5,121 |
| Italy | 775 | 1:78,912 | 13,798 |
| Chile | 279 | 1:63,141 | 2,660 |
| Uganda | 218 | 1:179,079 | 14,963 |
| Argentina | 188 | 1:227,359 | 18,636 |
| Nicaragua | 152 | 1:39,612 | 1,290 |
| Moldova | 140 | 1:25,438 | 4,198 |
| Ivory Coast | 73 | 1:316,044 | 11,693 |
| Brazil | 72 | 1:2,973,255 | 87,092 |
| El Salvador | 65 | 1:97,598 | 1,619 |
| Germany | 63 | 1:1,277,864 | 81,414 |
| New Zealand | 56 | 1:80,863 | 11,672 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:137,277 | 8,372 |
| Honduras | 35 | 1:251,898 | 2,491 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Peru | 29 | 1:1,096,004 | 19,774 |
| Gibraltar | 29 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Colombia | 17 | 1:2,810,240 | 14,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Gâlea (66), Galéa (39), Gálea (23) & Gàlea (1) are calculated separately.
Galea (294) may also be a first name.
Galea Demographics
Average Male Galea Height
173.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Galea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galea (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻌﻪ, Hindi: गल्एाा, Russian: Галеа) occurs in Malta more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Gâlea, Galéa, Gálea or Gàlea. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,610th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 245,993 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Galea live; 38 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 33 percent live in Italic Europe. Galea is also the 514,566th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 294 people.
Galea is most frequently occurring in Malta, where it is carried by 9,046 people, or 1 in 48. Aside from Malta it occurs in 82 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent reside and Venezuela, where 13 percent reside.
Galea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Galea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Galea surname grew 147,400 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 15,467 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galea Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Galea surname are 11.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.02% being registered with the political party.
The amount Galea earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 287.66% more than the national average, earning €116,415 per year; in Peru they earn 15.72% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,432 per year; in South Africa they earn 74.88% less than the national average, earning R 59,688 per year; in Colombia they earn 38.08% less than the national average, earning $14,057,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.72% more than the national average, earning $46,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.23% more than the national average, earning $58,243 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galea in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्एाा | galeaa | - |
| Galea in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻟﻌﻪ | kalh | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻟﻌﺔ | kalt | 50 |
| Galea in the Russian language | ||
| Галеа | galea | - |
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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 Galea
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