Galja Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Galja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galja (196) may also be a first name.
Galja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galja occurs in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galja is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Galja occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Galja reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Galja is also the 648,004th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 196 people.
Galja is most prevalent in Poland, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 1,583,698. Barring Poland this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Galja
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