Galku Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Galku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Galku (332) may also be a first name.
Galku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galku is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Galku are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Galku is also the 480,499th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 332 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Galku is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 81 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Gombe, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galkus | 91 | 132 | / |
| Galkou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Alku | 89 | 559 | / |
| Galkhuu | 83 | 33 | / |
| Galkutė | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngalkou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Galkuch | 83 | 1 | / |
| Alkuş | 80 | 1,404 | / |
| Alkou | 80 | 585 | / |
| Halku | 80 | 579 | / |
| Galkó | 80 | 124 | / |
| Alkku | 80 | 36 | / |
| Alkau | 80 | 19 | / |
| Alkud | 80 | 15 | / |
| Alkhu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alkuh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alkuu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atlku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alkui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aulku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alkouz | 73 | 395 | / |
| Aileku | 73 | 114 | / |
| Alkout | 73 | 92 | / |
| Alkouh | 73 | 42 | / |
| Alkusz | 73 | 21 | / |
| Halkou | 73 | 16 | / |
| Golkus | 73 | 15 | / |
| Golkou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Halkus | 73 | 9 | / |
| Alkhou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Halkuu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Alhkou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Aulkuh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Alkuss | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alkutt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Golkhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alkkou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Galkoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alcu | 67 | 1,049 | / |
| Ailekhu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Halkouj | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alkoush | 67 | 5 | / |
| Golkhou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Halkous | 67 | 3 | / |
| Halkuss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Acelkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aselkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkoudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allkoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goulkou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Galku
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis