Galwat Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Galwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines641:1,581,847107,292
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Galwat Last Name Facts

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

The surname Galwat is most common in The Philippines. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Galwat? popularity and diffusion

Galwat is the 2,293,424th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Galwat is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Galwat reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,581,847. In The Philippines Galwat is most frequent in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 94 percent live and Cagayan Valley, where 6 percent live. Barring The Philippines Galwat occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghalwat924/
Gahlwat921/
Galwatte861/
Ghalwate861/
Gahalwat861/
Ghalwath861/
Galbat83816/
Galuat835/
Galwad831/
Golwat831/
Galvat830/
Gailwad7729/
Galweit7711/
Gaylwad776/
Gaulwad774/
Ghalvat772/
Galbatt772/
Ghaluat771/
Galvate771/
Ghalbat771/
Ngolwat771/
Gajlwad771/
Galbaith7113/
Galbeath717/
Gatluath711/
Gatlewad711/
Gailbath710/
Golwad67165/
Golbat6760/
Galvad6712/
Galbot672/
Golvat671/
Galuad671/
Ghatelwad671/
Gailbaith670/

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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 Galwat
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