Galya Surname
Approximately 1,198 people bear this surname
Galya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 669 | 1:1,146,585 | 46,579 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Mongolia | 148 | 1:19,090 | 2,240 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Gálya (52) are calculated separately.
Galya (19,609) may also be a first name.
Galya Demographics
Galya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Galya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ, Hindi: गल्या, Marathi: गलया) is found most frequently in India. It can occur in the variant forms: Gálya. Click here for further possible spellings of Galya.
How Common Is The Last Name Galya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galya is the 313,632nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,083,093 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Galya are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 38,404th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 19,609 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is held by 669 people, or 1 in 1,146,585. In India Galya is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 93 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 6 percent are found and Telangana, where 1 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Mongolia, where 12 percent are found.
Galya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (77%) in Russia and Orthodox (69%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Galya are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
Galya earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.01% more than the national average, earning $46,605 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galya in the Hindi language | ||
| गल्या | galya | 98.4 |
| गाल्या | galya | 1.34 |
| गल्य | galya | 0.27 |
| Galya in the Marathi language | ||
| गलया | galaya | 81.48 |
| गालया | galaya | 18.52 |
| Galya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ | qalyh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﻪ | alghalyh | 50 |
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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
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