Galekh Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Galekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Galekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galekh (Russian: Галех) occurs most in Belarus. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galekh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Galekh occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Galekh live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Galekh is most prevalent in Belarus, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 791,755. In Belarus it is mostly found in: Vitebsk Region, where 67 percent live, Minsk, where 25 percent live and Mogilev Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Belarus this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galekh in the Russian language | ||
| Галех | galeh | - |
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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 Galekh
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