Galiego Surname
Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname
Galiego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1,030 | 1:15,614 | 1,402 |
| Brazil | 74 | 1:2,892,896 | 85,224 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Galiego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galiego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galiego is carried by more people in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galiego? popularity and diffusion
It is the 328,333rd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Galiego live; 91 percent live in Central America and 91 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
The last name is most prevalent in Guatemala, where it is borne by 1,030 people, or 1 in 15,614. In Guatemala it is most frequent in: Baja Verapaz Department, where 93 percent are found, Guatemala Department, where 6 percent are found and Escuintla Department, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Guatemala it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Galiego
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