Gallah Surname
Approximately 959 people bear this surname
Gallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 718 | 1:248,808 | 5,627 |
| Liberia | 100 | 1:44,085 | 4,004 |
| Philippines | 60 | 1:1,687,304 | 110,517 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Gallah (350) may also be a first name.
Gallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gallah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻩ) is most common in Pakistan. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 373,745th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,599,109 people. The surname Gallah is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Gallah live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 465,882nd most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 350 people.
It is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 248,808. In Pakistan Gallah is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 85 percent reside, Balochistan, where 14 percent reside and Punjab, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 6 percent reside.
Gallah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gallah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gallah last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gallah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gallah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻩ | klah | - |
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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 Gallah
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