Galha Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Galha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 194 | 1:1,103,476 | 38,577 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Galha (27) may also be a first name.
Galha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻬﺎ, Hindi: गल्हा) is found most in Brazil. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galha? popularity and diffusion
Galha is the 801,116th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Galha reside; 55 percent reside in South America and 55 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name globally, held by 27 people.
This last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 1,103,476. In Brazil Galha is most common in: São Paulo, where 59 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Ceará, where 9 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 30 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻟﻬﺎ | kalha | - |
| Galha in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्हा | gal'ha | 69.23 |
| गाल्हा | gal'ha | 30.77 |
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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 Galha
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