Galwash Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Galwash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galwash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Galwash Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galwash Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Galwash occurs most in Egypt. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Galwash.

How Common Is The Last Name Galwash? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,403,590th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Galwash occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Galwash live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Outside of Egypt it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Galwash Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Galwash has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Galwash last name fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghalwash935,106/
Galwashe931/
Galwas92910/
Gallwas86206/
Galwach862/
Galwasz861/
Ghalbash80216/
Galbasch802/
Galvas77496/
Galbas77427/
Golwas7719/
Galwac7717/
Galwaś771/
Ghalbashh752/
Galveas7185/
Galvach7132/
Golvash7110/
Ghalbas718/
Golbash713/
Galuach712/
Gallbas711/
Galbasz711/
Galbass711/
Galvase711/
Galvache6769/
Galvasse671/
Gholbash671/
Golbashh671/
Gatluach671/

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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 Galwash
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