Galg Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Galg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
Lebanon121:469,75712,312
India51:153,413,076951,030

Galg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Galg (Marathi: गाला) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Galg is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Galg occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Galg live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 76 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea Galg exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 24 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Galg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Syriac Catholic (90%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gallg892/
Gaulg891/
Alg86105/
Gayleg8043/
Gallgg803/
Galgue802/
Golg75881/
Algh75402/
Galk75124/
Halg7514/
Algå757/
Algt754/
Alhg754/
Algc753/
Algs752/
Ealg752/
Galx751/
Algg751/
Al'g751/
Alcg751/
Algz751/
Algq751/
Allg751/
Ahlg751/
Galc751/
Galgova7310/
Galke67541/
Algue67158/
Golgh67156/
Ghalk6763/
Halgh677/
Gaylk677/
Galhc674/
Gáleg673/
Galkh673/
Oglig671/
Ngalk671/
Hailg671/
Hallg671/
Galhk671/
Alhhg671/
Gallk671/
Algqs671/
Goulg670/

Galg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galg in the Marathi language
गालाgala-

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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 Galg
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