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 is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Galjé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galje is the 2,909,720th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Galje is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Galje are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Galje is also the 1,295,729th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 58 people.
The surname Galje is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands Galje is most frequent in: South Holland, where 64 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Gelderland, where 12 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands Galje occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 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 Galje
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