Galka Surname
Approximately 3,284 people bear this surname
Galka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 927 | 1:391,002 | 34,347 |
| Russia | 894 | 1:161,211 | 18,473 |
| Germany | 589 | 1:136,682 | 16,618 |
| Canada | 261 | 1:141,171 | 14,531 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Belarus | 86 | 1:110,477 | 16,480 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Poland | 64 | 1:593,887 | 54,038 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Kazakhstan | 24 | 1:736,771 | 48,237 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Gálka (1) are calculated separately.
Galka (3,565) may also be a first name.
Galka Demographics
Average Galka Salary in
United States
$46,858 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Galka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galka (Hindi: गल्का, Russian: Галка) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Gálka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 136,631st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,219,107 people. The surname Galka occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Galka live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. Galka is also the 118,634th most prevalent first name globally, held by 3,565 people.
The surname Galka is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 927 people, or 1 in 391,002. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 17 percent are found, Illinois, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 18 percent are found.
Galka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Galka last name is predominantly Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Galka are 12.49% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 59.26% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Galka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.74% less than the national average, earning 187,784 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.6% more than the national average, earning $46,858 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.73% more than the national average, earning $51,037 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galka in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्का | galka | 44.44 |
| गलका | galaka | 44.44 |
| गालका | galaka | 11.11 |
| Galka in the Russian language | ||
| Галка | galka | - |
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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
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- 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 Galka
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