Gallcher Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gallcher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
Gallcher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallcher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gallcher is found most in Scotland. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallcher? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Gallcher live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Gallcher is most commonly held in Scotland, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 669,227. In Scotland Gallcher is most common in: West Lothian, where 38 percent live, South Lanarkshire, where 38 percent live and Inverclyde, where 13 percent live. Outside of Scotland it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Gallcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gallcher has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Gallcher
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