Galegov Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Georgia

Galegov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galegov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Galegov Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galegov (Georgian: გალეგოვი, Russian: Галегов) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Galegov click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galegov? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Galegov occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Galegov live; 40 percent live in Eastern Europe and 40 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,395,781. In Bulgaria it is primarily found in: Sofia City Province, where 80 percent are found and Blagoevgrad Province, where 20 percent are found. Beside Bulgaria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent are found and Georgia, where 27 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galegova9329/
Alegov9225/
Alegova8615/
Gelegov8613/
Golegov865/
Allegov861/
Aliegov861/
Galegav861/
Galagov861/
Gallegof8012/
Halegova801/
Allegova801/
Olegov77625/
Alegav7759/
Aligov771/
Alegof771/
Alegow771/
Olegova71743/
Golegav7111/
Haligov7111/
Golegovová718/
Galigop714/
Golygov713/
Aligova712/
Goligov712/
Olegoov711/
Alligov711/
Gelogov711/
Galigav711/
Gologov711/
Galagaev6719/
Gelegaev6714/

Galegov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galegov in the Georgian language
გალეგოვიgalegovi-
Galegov in the Russian language
Галеговgalegov-

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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 Galegov
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