Galès Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Galès Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gales (14,145), Galés (2), Galeş (92) & Galeș (86) are calculated separately.
Galès Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galès Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galès occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gales, Galés, Galeş or Galeș. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galès? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galès is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Galès occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Galès reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Galès is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 2,372,240. In France it is mostly found in: Occitanie, where 46 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 39 percent reside and Brittany, where 7 percent reside. Besides France this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 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
- 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 Galès
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