Galua Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Galua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 270 | 1:374,956 | 49,264 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galua (105) may also be a first name.
Galua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galua (Arabic: غلوا, Hindi: गलुआ, Oriya: ଗାଲୁଆ, Russian: Галуа) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Galua.
How Common Is The Last Name Galua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 763,307th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Galua reside; 72 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 72 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Galua is also the 920,134th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 105 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 374,956. In The Philippines it is most common in: Northern Mindanao, where 43 percent are found, Caraga, where 25 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 9 percent are found. Besides The Philippines this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galua in the Hindi language | ||
| गलुआ | galu'a | - |
| Galua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଲୁଆ | galu'a | 90.91 |
| ଗାଲୁଆାଇଁ | galuaa'im | 9.09 |
| Galua in the Russian language | ||
| Галуа | galua | - |
| Galua in the Arabic language | ||
| غلوا | ghlwa | - |
| غلواء | ghlwa | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Galua
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