Galsby Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Galsby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galsby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Galsby Last Name Facts

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

Galsby is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galsby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Galsby are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Galsby is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden Galsby is most frequent in: Uppsala County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Galsby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Galsby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galsby surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gallsby920/
Galesby920/
Alsby912/
Gallesby860/
Golsby83424/
Ailsby8391/
Halsby8324/
Alsbey834/
Goolsby779,880/
Alsbaay77122/
Goulsby7763/
Hallsby7711/
Alsbahy779/
Gholsby778/
Gollsby778/
Oglisby771/
Golsbey770/
Golesby770/
Galsway770/
Gelesby770/
Aulsbuy770/
Olsby73208/
Alcby739/
Alsba735/
Alsbi731/
Goolesby71169/
Goolsbey7191/
Goolsbay7144/
Hallesby717/
Attlesby711/
Galesbie710/
Goulsbey710/
Alshba6759/
Holsby6713/
Alsbai677/
Olesby675/
Alsbhi674/
Alsbih673/
Alsbaa672/
Alsber672/
Alsbhe672/
Alsbei671/
Alsbet671/
Alsbea671/
Halsvy671/
Alshbi671/

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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 Galsby
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