Galena Surname
Approximately 644 people bear this surname
Galena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 1:1,046,223 | 61,047 |
Galena (1,021) may also be a first name.
Galena Demographics
Average Galena Salary in
United States
$46,471 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Galena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galena (Arabic: جالينا, Georgian: გალენა, Russian: Галена) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 508,499th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 11,316,065 people. Galena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Galena are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Galena is also the 251,260th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 1,021 people.
Galena is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 225,243. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Galena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Galena has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 371 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galena Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Galena last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.
Galena earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.7% more than the national average, earning $46,471 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galena in the Georgian language | ||
| გალენა | galena | - |
| Galena in the Russian language | ||
| Галена | galena | - |
| Galena in the Arabic language | ||
| جالينا | jalyna | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Galena
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