Galhego Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Galhego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 360 | 1:594,651 | 22,178 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Galhego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galhego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galhego is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galhego? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galhego is the 735,823rd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. Galhego occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Galhego are found; 92 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 594,651. In Brazil Galhego is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 83 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live and Paraná, where 3 percent live. Excluding Brazil Galhego exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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
- 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 Galhego
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