Galvina Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Galvina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 204 | 1:10,049 | 1,478 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Galviņa (5) are calculated separately.
Galvina (165) may also be a first name.
Galvina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galvina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galvina (Russian: Гальвина) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Galviņa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galvina? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galvina is the 1,079,669th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. The last name Galvina occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Galvina reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Galvina is also the 712,876th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 165 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 10,049. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 57 percent are found, Latgale, where 15 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 15 percent are found. Barring Latvia Galvina is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galvina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galvina in the Russian language | ||
| Гальвина | galvina | - |
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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 Galvina
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