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 can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallcher? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Gallcher are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 669,227. In Scotland Gallcher is most numerous in: West Lothian, where 38 percent are found, South Lanarkshire, where 38 percent are found and Inverclyde, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Scotland it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Gallcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gallcher has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Gallcher surname grew 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
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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
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