Galu Surname
Approximately 3,070 people bear this surname
Galu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 561 | 1:315,762 | 17,429 |
| Uganda | 501 | 1:77,923 | 8,427 |
| DR Congo | 431 | 1:171,414 | 17,546 |
| India | 404 | 1:1,898,677 | 66,232 |
| Romania | 289 | 1:69,474 | 8,301 |
| Indonesia | 235 | 1:562,763 | 45,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 171 | 1:47,683 | 5,932 |
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| United States | 147 | 1:2,465,707 | 151,024 |
| Nepal | 58 | 1:491,051 | 4,364 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Galu (7,625) may also be a first name.
Galu Demographics
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Galu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galu (Arabic: غلو, Hindi: गलू, Marathi: गलु, Oriya: ଗାଲୁ, Russian: Галу, Tibetan: དགའ་ལུ་) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galu? popularity and diffusion
Galu is the 144,680th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,373,793 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Galu live; 21 percent live in East Africa and 18 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 73,370th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 7,625 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 561 people, or 1 in 315,762. In Nigeria Galu is mostly found in: Taraba, where 30 percent reside, Benue, where 30 percent reside and Imo, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Galu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Galu surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Galu surname are 31.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.19% registered to vote for the political party.
Galu earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $46,158 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ལུ་ | galu | - |
| Galu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଲୁ | galu | 94.51 |
| ଗଲୁ | galu | 3.49 |
| ଗାଲୂ | galu | 0.83 |
| େଗାଲୁ | egalu | 0.17 |
| ଗଲୁ | galu | 0.17 |
| ଗାଳୁ | galu | 0.17 |
| ଗଳୁ | galu | 0.17 |
| Galu in the Hindi language | ||
| गलू | galu | 53.27 |
| गलु | galu | 38.01 |
| गालू | galu | 7.17 |
| गालु | galu | 1.25 |
| Galu in the Marathi language | ||
| गलु | galu | 50.88 |
| गलू | galu | 35.52 |
| गालु | galu | 4.03 |
| गळु | galu | 3.53 |
| गळू | galu | 2.77 |
| गालू | galu | 1.51 |
| गाळु | galu | 1.26 |
| Galu in the Russian language | ||
| Галу | galu | - |
| Galu in the Arabic language | ||
| غلو | ghlw | - |
| غلوء | ghlw | - |
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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 Galu
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