Galo Surname
Approximately 38,687 people bear this surname
Galo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 11,592 | 1:8,733 | 808 |
| Honduras | 9,741 | 1:905 | 199 |
| Pakistan | 2,943 | 1:60,701 | 2,311 |
| Brazil | 2,463 | 1:86,916 | 3,271 |
| Nicaragua | 1,787 | 1:3,369 | 449 |
| United States | 1,400 | 1:258,899 | 24,470 |
| Iran | 763 | 1:100,632 | 9,836 |
| Ivory Coast | 727 | 1:31,735 | 2,139 |
| South Africa | 700 | 1:77,397 | 9,599 |
| Mexico | 634 | 1:195,783 | 5,356 |
| Portugal | 613 | 1:16,995 | 1,242 |
| Solomon Islands | 513 | 1:1,131 | 44 |
| Spain | 505 | 1:92,578 | 7,730 |
| Argentina | 443 | 1:96,486 | 8,118 |
| Kenya | 436 | 1:105,917 | 9,139 |
| Slovakia | 380 | 1:14,043 | 1,926 |
| Niger | 296 | 1:64,838 | 2,992 |
| El Salvador | 275 | 1:23,069 | 983 |
| Papua New Guinea | 255 | 1:31,975 | 3,701 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Indonesia | 195 | 1:678,201 | 52,887 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Serbia | 141 | 1:50,673 | 4,911 |
| Uruguay | 102 | 1:33,645 | 3,884 |
| Mauritania | 90 | 1:45,498 | 3,395 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Israel | 82 | 1:104,361 | 11,903 |
| Peru | 81 | 1:392,397 | 12,711 |
| Albania | 70 | 1:41,629 | 5,805 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Greece | 55 | 1:201,451 | 31,872 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Czechia | 49 | 1:217,010 | 30,705 |
| Costa Rica | 48 | 1:99,585 | 1,699 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| American Samoa | 39 | 1:1,430 | 249 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Taiwan | 33 | 1:710,447 | 5,096 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Croatia | 26 | 1:162,639 | 21,299 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Venezuela | 21 | 1:1,438,289 | 19,453 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Kosovo | 18 | 1:103,437 | 5,529 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Guatemala | 15 | 1:1,072,178 | 5,317 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Galó (335), Gálo (1) & Galò (1) are calculated separately.
Galo (20,737) may also be a first name.
Galo Demographics
Average Male Galo Height
172.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Galo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galo (Arabic: غالو, Georgian: გალო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻮ, Hindi: गालो, Marathi: गलो, Oriya: ଗାଲ, Russian: Гальо) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Galó, Gálo or Galò. Click here for other possible spellings of Galo.
How Common Is The Last Name Galo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galo is the 14,418th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 188,372 people. Galo occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Galo are found; 31 percent are found in Central America and 31 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 36,811th most common first name on earth It is held by 20,737 people.
The surname Galo is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 11,592 people, or 1 in 8,733. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 16 percent are found, Eastern Visayas, where 15 percent are found and Davao Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 103 countries. It is also found in Honduras, where 25 percent are found and Pakistan, where 8 percent are found.
Galo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Galo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 23,333 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Galo surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Syriac Orthodox (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Galo last name are 42.28% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.51% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Galo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 69.02% less than the national average, earning €9,302 per year; in Peru they earn 51.31% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,439 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.78% less than the national average, earning R 212,016 per year; in Colombia they earn 638.5% more than the national average, earning $167,657,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.32% less than the national average, earning $39,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $51,958 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galo in the Georgian language | ||
| გალო | galo | - |
| Galo in the Marathi language | ||
| गलो | galo | - |
| Galo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻟﻮ | kalw | 91.23 |
| ﻏﺎﻟﻮ | ghalw | 3.51 |
| ﻛﻠﻮ | klw | 3.51 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻮ | qalw | 1.75 |
| Galo in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଲ | gala | 81.25 |
| ଗାେଲା | gaela | 18.75 |
| Galo in the Hindi language | ||
| गालो | galo | 78.13 |
| गलो | galo | 21.88 |
| Galo in the Russian language | ||
| Гальо | galo | - |
| Galo in the Arabic language | ||
| غالو | ghalw | - |
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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
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