Galey Surname
Approximately 4,107 people bear this surname
Galey Surname Definition:
Scandinavian surnames, which Ferguson deduces from gali, crazy.
Galey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,911 | 1:189,670 | 18,807 |
| France | 869 | 1:76,436 | 10,740 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Spain | 230 | 1:203,270 | 13,886 |
| England | 217 | 1:256,765 | 20,624 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| Bhutan | 76 | 1:8,106 | 323 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 161 | 1:151,400 | 13,347 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 333 | 1:150,807 | 13,975 |
Galey (402) may also be a first name.
Galey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Scandinavian surnames, which Ferguson deduces from gali, crazy.
Galey Demographics
Average Male Galey Height
175.12 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Galey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galey (Hindi: गेले, Russian: Галей, Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས།) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Galey.
How Common Is The Last Name Galey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galey is the 112,738th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,774,421 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Galey live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Galey is also the 430,375th most frequent first name globally, held by 402 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,911 people, or 1 in 189,670. In The United States Galey is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent live, Indiana, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Galey is found in 45 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent live and Togo, where 10 percent live.
Galey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Galey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Galey surname increased 574 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 135 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Galey surname is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Galey surname are 10.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Galey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.07% more than the national average, earning $43,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% less than the national average, earning $48,742 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galey in the Hindi language | ||
| गेले | gele | - |
| Galey in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལེགས། | gelek | 41.27 |
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 28.57 |
| དགའ་ལེགས། | galek | 13.49 |
| དགའ་ལེགས་ | galek | 10.32 |
| དགེ་ལེགས | gelek | 1.59 |
| དགེ་ལས། | gélé | 0.79 |
| དགའ་ལས། | galé | 0.79 |
| དེག་ལེགས་ | deklek | 0.79 |
| དགེ་ལས་ | gélé | 0.79 |
| ག་ལས། | galé | 0.79 |
| དགེ་་ལེགས། | gélek | 0.79 |
| Galey in the Russian language | ||
| Галей | galej | - |
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