Galgal Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Galgal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 331 | 1:24,634 | 2,717 |
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galgal (33) may also be a first name.
Galgal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galgal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galgal (Hindi: गलगल, Russian: Галгал) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galgal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 649,026th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. Galgal occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Galgal are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Galgal is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 33 people.
Galgal is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 24,634. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 74 percent are found, West New Britain, where 6 percent are found and Madang, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galgal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galgal in the Hindi language | ||
| गलगल | galagala | - |
| Galgal in the Russian language | ||
| Галгал | galgal | - |
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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 Galgal
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