Galkis Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Galkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Galkis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galkis has its highest incidence in Lithuania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galkis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Galkis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Galkis live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Lithuania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 606,918. In Lithuania Galkis is primarily concentrated in: Šiauliai County, where 80 percent are found and Vilnius County, where 20 percent are found. Besides Lithuania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Denmark, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alkis91304/
Halkis8337/
Alkais8326/
Alkois838/
Galkys833/
Alkeis832/
Golkis832/
Alkish832/
Ailkis831/
Alkaiss7714/
Halkais775/
Galchis773/
Alkaish771/
Halkiss771/
Alkaise771/
Golkish771/
Alkiesh771/
Alkiş7311,823/
Alkiç73133/
Alkes73116/
Alcis7376/
Olkis7375/
Alkiz735/
Alqis732/
Alkıs731/
Alkaisse713/
Hallkist711/
Ahlkuist711/
Alkhaish711/
Halkes67324/
Alkesh67119/
Alcais6795/
Olkisz6768/
Alcuis6717/
Olkies6710/
Galces6710/
Alkess677/
Alkeus674/
Alquis673/
Alchis672/
Alkays672/
Alceis672/
Alkees672/
Holkis672/
Hallkuist671/
Alkest671/
Alqist671/
Oulkis671/
Golkiz671/
Alqais671/
Ailkes671/

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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 Galkis
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