Galfa Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Galfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 63 | 1:1,235,261 | 51,954 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galfa (26) may also be a first name.
Galfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galfa (Hindi: गल्फा) is found most frequently in Turkey. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Galfa reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 72 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 26 people.
The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 1,235,261. In Turkey it is most common in: Canakkale Province, where 43 percent reside, Usak Province, where 38 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Turkey it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 18 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galfa in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्फा | galpha | - |
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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 Galfa
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