Galtung Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Galtung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 106 | 1:48,512 | 6,954 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Galtung Demographics
Average Galtung Salary in
United States
$70,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Galtung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galtung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galtung occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galtung? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galtung is the 1,581,912th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Galtung is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Galtung live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Galtung is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 48,512. In Norway Galtung is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 58 percent are found, Western Norway, where 40 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 2 percent are found. Barring Norway this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 10 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.
Galtung Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Galtung earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 42.16% more than the national average, earning 491,971 kr per year and in United States they earn 63.58% more than the national average, earning $70,583 USD per year.
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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 Galtung
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