Galkiv Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Galkiv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galkiv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Kazakhstan361:491,18036,296

Galkiv Last Name Facts

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

Galkiv (Russian: Галькив) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Galkiv click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galkiv? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Galkiv live; 46 percent live in Central Asia and 46 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 3,431,501. In Russia it is mostly found in: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where 26 percent reside, Primorsky Krai, where 26 percent reside and Moscow Oblast, where 21 percent reside. Other than Russia Galkiv occurs in one country. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 46 percent reside.

Galkiv Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Galkiv last name is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galkiev9267/
Galckiv921/
Galkivs921/
Alkiev8323/
Halkiv831/
Galkeev775/
Alkhiev771/
Alkev733/
Alkeev67567/
Halkyv67144/
Halkiw6749/
Galcev6717/
Alkaif679/
Olkiev678/
Alkuif672/

Galkiv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galkiv in the Russian language
Галькивgalkiv-

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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 Galkiv
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