Galem Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Galem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 243 | 1:3,156,648 | 92,962 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Galem (180) may also be a first name.
Galem Demographics
Average Galem Salary in
United States
$12,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Galem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galem (Bengali: গালেম, Hindi: जलिम, Marathi: गलेम, Russian: Галэм, Tibetan: དགའ་ལེམ།) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galem? popularity and diffusion
Galem is the 785,023rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname Galem occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Galem live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 679,247th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 180 people.
The surname Galem is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 3,156,648. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 55 percent are found, Telangana, where 44 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Galem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Galem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galem last name contracted 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galem Last Name Statistics demography
Galem earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galem in the Bengali language | ||
| গালেম | galema | - |
| Galem in the Hindi language | ||
| जलिम | jalima | - |
| Galem in the Marathi language | ||
| गलेम | galema | - |
| Galem in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ལེམ། | galem | 35.29 |
| དགའ་ལེགསམོ། | galegsamo | 17.65 |
| དགའ་གླེམ། | galem | 5.88 |
| དགའ་སླེམ། | galem | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེགསམོ་ | galegsamo | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེམོ། | galemo | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེགསམ། | galegsam | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེགས། | galek | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེམ་ | galem | 5.88 |
| དགའ་ལེགས་མོ། | galekmo | 5.88 |
| Galem in the Russian language | ||
| Галэм | galem | - |
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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 Galem
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