Galve Surname
Approximately 14,239 people bear this surname
Galve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 7,934 | 1:12,760 | 1,316 |
| India | 3,812 | 1:201,224 | 12,070 |
| Spain | 1,635 | 1:28,595 | 2,938 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Argentina | 192 | 1:222,622 | 18,311 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| Taiwan | 42 | 1:558,208 | 4,168 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Chile | 34 | 1:518,132 | 13,148 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 1:1,118,670 | 16,331 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
The alternate forms: Galvé (5) & Gálve (1) are calculated separately.
Galve (50) may also be a first name.
Galve Demographics
Average Galve Salary in
United States
$38,910 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Galve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galve (Hindi: गाल्वे, Marathi: गळवे) is most common in The Philippines. It may appear as a variant: Galvé or Gálve. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galve? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,025th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 511,802 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Galve live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 50 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 7,934 people, or 1 in 12,760. In The Philippines Galve is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 33 percent live, Central Visayas, where 9 percent live and National Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Not including The Philippines this last name occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.
Galve Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Galve earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 5.92% more than the national average, earning $24,046,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.82% less than the national average, earning $38,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.42% less than the national average, earning $38,047 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galve in the Hindi language | ||
| गाल्वे | galve | - |
| Galve in the Marathi language | ||
| गळवे | galave | 82.36 |
| गालवे | galave | 12.3 |
| गाळवे | galave | 2.87 |
| गलवे | galave | 1.55 |
| मलवे | malave | 0.04 |
| गारवे | garave | 0.04 |
| गाळावे | galave | 0.04 |
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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 Galve
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