Galva Surname
Approximately 4,135 people bear this surname
Galva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 2,943 | 1:3,545 | 414 |
| France | 527 | 1:126,039 | 19,176 |
| United States | 189 | 1:1,917,772 | 124,288 |
| India | 147 | 1:5,218,132 | 128,839 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Costa Rica | 18 | 1:265,559 | 2,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Galvá (47) are calculated separately.
Galva (236) may also be a first name.
Galva Demographics
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Galva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galva (Georgian: გალვა, Hindi: गलवा, Russian: Гальва) occurs most in The Dominican Republic. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Galvá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galva? popularity and diffusion
Galva is the 112,126th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,762,405 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Galva reside; 83 percent reside in Caribbean and 71 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 583,008th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 236 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 2,943 people, or 1 in 3,545. Aside from The Dominican Republic Galva is found in 36 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Galva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Galva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Galva last name grew 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Galva surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Galva earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $25,720,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 33.19% less than the national average, earning $28,828 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galva in the Georgian language | ||
| გალვა | galva | - |
| Galva in the Hindi language | ||
| गलवा | galava | 80 |
| गल्वा | galva | 20 |
| Galva in the Russian language | ||
| Гальва | galva | - |
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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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- 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 Galva
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