Galia Surname
Approximately 5,554 people bear this surname
Galia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,472 | 1:40,954 | 6,433 |
| Italy | 916 | 1:66,765 | 11,880 |
| France | 379 | 1:175,258 | 27,289 |
| Czechia | 242 | 1:43,940 | 7,311 |
| Argentina | 220 | 1:194,288 | 16,167 |
| United States | 213 | 1:1,701,685 | 112,840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 192 | 1:42,467 | 5,174 |
| Spain | 146 | 1:320,219 | 18,882 |
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Algeria | 85 | 1:454,489 | 35,990 |
| Poland | 76 | 1:500,115 | 48,961 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Slovakia | 38 | 1:140,433 | 25,488 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Gibraltar | 16 | 1:2,122 | 483 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Gália (1) & Gâlia (1) are calculated separately.
Galia (6,465) may also be a first name.
Galia Demographics
Galia Political Affiliation
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Galia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galia (Arabic: جاليا, Georgian: გალია, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﻪ, Hindi: गालिया, Marathi: गािलया, Oriya: ଗଲିଆ, Russian: Галиа) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Gália or Gâlia. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galia? popularity and diffusion
Galia is the 86,707th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,312,126 people. Galia is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Galia live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 81,692nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 6,465 people.
Galia is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2,472 people, or 1 in 40,954. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Central Visayas, where 22 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines Galia exists in 69 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 16 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.
Galia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Galia has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,521 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Galia surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Galia earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 31.18% less than the national average, earning €20,666 per year; in United States they earn 17.81% more than the national average, earning $50,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.68% less than the national average, earning $48,848 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galia in the Georgian language | ||
| გალია | galia | - |
| Galia in the Hindi language | ||
| गालिया | galiya | - |
| Galia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﻪ | alghalyh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﺔ | alghalyt | 25 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻴﺔ | qalyt | 25 |
| Galia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଲିଆ | gali'a | 41.18 |
| ଗାଲିଆ | gali'a | 23.53 |
| ଗଳିଆ | gali'a | 23.53 |
| ଗାଲୀଅ | gali'a | 5.88 |
| ଗାଲିଅ | gali'a | 5.88 |
| Galia in the Marathi language | ||
| गािलया | gailaya | 29.41 |
| गलीया | galiya | 29.41 |
| गालीया | galiya | 23.53 |
| गालीं | galim | 9.8 |
| गाळीया | galiya | 3.92 |
| गलीआ | gali'a | 1.96 |
| Galia in the Russian language | ||
| Галиа | galia | - |
| Galia in the Arabic language | ||
| جاليا | jalya | - |
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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 Galia
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