Galel Surname
Approximately 2,459 people bear this surname
Galel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,934 | 1:39,701 | 4,636 |
| India | 283 | 1:2,710,478 | 84,163 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Galel (308) may also be a first name.
Galel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galel (Marathi: गळेल, Oriya: ଗାେଲଲ, Russian: Галел) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galel is the 174,470th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,963,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Galel live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 501,377th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 308 people.
Galel is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 1,934 people, or 1 in 39,701. In Iran Galel is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 21 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Iran this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Galel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Galel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galel last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galel in the Marathi language | ||
| गळेल | galela | - |
| Galel in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାେଲଲ | gaelala | 94 |
| ଗାେଲଲ୍ | gaelal | 4 |
| Galel in the Russian language | ||
| Галел | galel | - |
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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 Galel
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