Galla Surname
Approximately 28,231 people bear this surname
Galla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 16,407 | 1:46,752 | 3,238 |
| Philippines | 3,185 | 1:31,786 | 4,642 |
| United States | 1,570 | 1:230,866 | 22,231 |
| Germany | 1,470 | 1:54,766 | 7,107 |
| Indonesia | 764 | 1:173,101 | 16,779 |
| Poland | 489 | 1:77,728 | 12,117 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Italy | 376 | 1:162,651 | 24,925 |
| Hungary | 334 | 1:29,390 | 3,231 |
| Ivory Coast | 318 | 1:72,551 | 4,039 |
| Slovakia | 274 | 1:19,476 | 3,038 |
| Uganda | 267 | 1:146,215 | 13,059 |
| Burkina Faso | 191 | 1:96,084 | 3,089 |
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Argentina | 144 | 1:296,829 | 23,706 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Czechia | 111 | 1:95,797 | 15,936 |
| Algeria | 110 | 1:351,196 | 31,810 |
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Mauritania | 66 | 1:62,043 | 4,323 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Taiwan | 49 | 1:478,464 | 3,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Albania | 19 | 1:153,371 | 11,939 |
| Turkey | 19 | 1:4,095,864 | 99,768 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Kosovo | 13 | 1:143,221 | 6,426 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
The alternate forms: Gallà (34), Gálla (1), Gallá (1) & Gallã (1) are calculated separately.
Galla (5,761) may also be a first name.
Galla Demographics
Galla Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Galla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻻ, Hindi: गल्ला, Marathi: गािलया, Oriya: ଗଲା, Russian: Галла) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found as a variant: Gallà, Gálla, Gallá or Gallã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,435th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 258,140 people. The surname Galla occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Galla reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 87,951st most widely held forename world-wide, held by 5,761 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 16,407 people, or 1 in 46,752. In India Galla is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 89 percent live, Telangana, where 7 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Barring India this last name exists in 81 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Galla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Galla has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Galla last name expanded 3,925 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Galla last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Galla last name are 9.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.44% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Galla earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 27.15% more than the national average, earning €38,182 per year; in Peru they earn 51.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,364 per year; in United States they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $45,229 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.57% more than the national average, earning $57,915 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galla in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्ला | galla | 97.32 |
| गल्ल | galla | 2.42 |
| गाल्ला | galla | 0.25 |
| Galla in the Marathi language | ||
| गािलया | gailaya | 66.67 |
| गाला | gala | 33.33 |
| Galla in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଲା | gala | 62.5 |
| ଗଲ | gala | 37.5 |
| Galla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻻ | kala | 29.63 |
| ﻗﻠﻪ | qlh | 22.22 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻪ | qalh | 18.52 |
| ﻛﻼﻉ | kla | 7.41 |
| ﻛﺎﻟﻮ | kalw | 3.7 |
| ﻏﺎﻟﻪ | ghalh | 3.7 |
| ﻛﺎﻟﻪ | kalh | 3.7 |
| ﺟﻼ | jla | 3.7 |
| ﻛﻮﻝ | kwl | 3.7 |
| ﻗﻞ | ql | 3.7 |
| Galla in the Russian language | ||
| Галла | galla | - |
Search for Another Surname
Galla Reference & Research
Gaul DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Gaul FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Galla
- 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