Galgan Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Galgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 196 | 1:1,849,280 | 120,610 |
| Philippines | 63 | 1:1,606,956 | 108,100 |
| Germany | 52 | 1:1,548,182 | 92,602 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Galgán (71) are calculated separately.
Galgan Demographics
Average Galgan Salary in
United States
$46,647 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Galgan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galgan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galgan (Russian: Галган) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Galgán. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galgan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galgan is the 701,000th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. Galgan is primarily found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Galgan live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Galgan is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 1,849,280. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 34 percent live, New York, where 22 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States Galgan is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 12 percent live.
Galgan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Galgan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galgan last name rose 4,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galgan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Galgan last name is principally Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Galgan surname are 26.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.68% being registered to vote for the party.
Galgan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.11% more than the national average, earning $46,647 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galgan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galgan in the Russian language | ||
| Галган | galgan | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Galgan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis