Galgonek Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Galgonek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galgonek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia391:272,65335,847
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Galgonek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galgonek is more frequently found in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galgonek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Galgonek reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Galgonek is most frequent in Czechia, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 272,653. In Czechia it is mostly found in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 79 percent reside, Olomouc Region, where 10 percent reside and Prague, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Czechia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Galgonek
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