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
Galgal (Hindi: गलगल, Russian: Галгал) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galgal? popularity and diffusion
Galgal is the 649,026th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. This surname 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 commonly held first name internationally It is held by 33 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 24,634. In Papua New Guinea Galgal is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 74 percent live, West New Britain, where 6 percent live and Madang, where 5 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 21 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
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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