Gallafant Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Gallafant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gallafant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:1,185,49155,443
Wales241:128,9399,528
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Gallafant Last Name Facts

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

Gallafant occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gallafant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,237,939th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. Gallafant is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gallafant reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,185,491. In England Gallafant is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 36 percent are found, Durham, where 21 percent are found and Greater London, where 17 percent are found. Barring England this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Gallafant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gallafant has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Gallafant last name expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gallafan942/
Gallefant891/
Galafan882/
Alafante822/
Galafaan822/
Gallafon821/
Gallaphan780/
Galafam75325/
Golafan75129/
Alafont7530/
Alasfand718/
Galofane712/
Ngaliafon6717/
Allophant670/
Gollofon5935/
Olaphant592/
Alaphand591/
Ghalefond564/
Ollophant560/

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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 Gallafant
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