Galvâo Surname
Approximately 11,743 people bear this surname
Galvâo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5,795 | 1:36,941 | 1,520 |
| Portugal | 5,350 | 1:1,947 | 284 |
| United States | 163 | 1:2,223,674 | 139,425 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Galvao (91,244) & Galváo (1) are calculated separately.
Galvâo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galvâo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galvâo is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Galvao or Galváo. Click here to see other possible spellings of Galvâo.
How Common Is The Last Name Galvâo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 44,229th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 620,586 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Galvâo reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 49 percent reside in Luso-South America.
It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 5,795 people, or 1 in 36,941. In Brazil Galvâo is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 42 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Brazil Galvâo occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 46 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Galvâo
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