Galigar Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Galigar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galigar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:551,85437,927

Galigar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galigar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Galigar has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galigar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Galigar is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Galigar live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Galigar is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 90 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside. Barring India it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.

Galigar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Galigar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Galigar last name fell 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Galigar
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