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
Galey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Galey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galey (Hindi: गेले, Russian: Галей, Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Galey.
How Common Is The Last Name Galey? popularity and diffusion
Galey is the 112,738th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,774,421 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Galey are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 430,375th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 402 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,911 people, or 1 in 189,670. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent are found, Indiana, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in France, where 21 percent are found and Togo, where 10 percent are found.
Galey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Galey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying 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 adherence of those holding the last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Galey are 10.17% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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