Galindes Surname

431,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Galindes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galindes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia3211:148,8294,340
Philippines2671:379,16949,596
Venezuela971:311,3827,080
Ecuador421:378,7119,777
Mexico171:7,301,54134,591
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Israel111:777,96750,646
Puerto Rico111:322,7402,767
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Galindes (12) may also be a first name.

Galindes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galindes occurs most in Colombia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galindes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 431,914th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. The surname Galindes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Galindes are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 52 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Galindes is also the 3,306,491st most common first name at a global level, held by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is held by 321 people, or 1 in 148,829. In Colombia it is most common in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 25 percent live, Nariño Department, where 19 percent live and Cauca Department, where 17 percent live. Barring Colombia this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 34 percent live and Venezuela, where 12 percent live.

Galindes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Galindes earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 13.48% less than the national average, earning $19,641,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 20.79% less than the national average, earning $34,179 USD per year.

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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 Galindes
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