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 last name Galha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻬﺎ, Hindi: गल्हा) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 801,116th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. Galha is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Galha are found; 55 percent are found in South America and 55 percent are found in Luso-South America. Galha is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 27 people.
The surname Galha is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 1,103,476. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 59 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent reside and Ceará, where 9 percent reside. Besides Brazil it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 30 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.
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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