Galje Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Galje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Galjé (27) are calculated separately.
Galje (58) may also be a first name.
Galje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galje has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms: Galjé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galje is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Galje is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Galje live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 58 people.
The last name Galje is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 64 percent live, North Holland, where 24 percent live and Gelderland, where 12 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.
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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 Galje
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