Galkoff Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Galkoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Galkoff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Galkoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galkoff (Russian: Галькофф) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galkoff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Galkoff live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Galkoff is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 50 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 50 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alkoff9235/
Alkaff774,764/
Galkov77900/
Alcoff7743/
Galkow7729/
Olkoff773/
Alkofe772/
Galkova711,065/
Asilkof711/
Alkhoof711/
Galkovs711/
Golkopf711/
Golcoff711/
Alkaf674,089/
Alcouffe67653/
Alkov67629/
Ghalkhaf67454/
Alkow6716/
Oselkoff671/
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Galkoff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galkoff in the Russian language
Галькоффgalkoff-

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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 Galkoff
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