Gálfi Surname

522,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 622 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Gálfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gálfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary4721:20,7972,342
Romania1321:152,10516,078
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Galfi (977) are calculated separately.

Gálfi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gálfi (Hindi: गल्फी) occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Galfi. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gálfi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 522,545th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,716,312 people. The surname Gálfi occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gálfi reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 76 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Hungary, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 20,797. In Hungary Gálfi is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 29 percent reside, Bács-Kiskun County, where 18 percent reside and Csongrád County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Hungary Gálfi is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 21 percent reside and Slovakia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Galfi93977/
Gálffi911/
Golfi80265/
Gálfy80116/
Ghalfi73254/
Gálffy73179/
Golfis7398/
Golfiz735/
Gállfy732/
Golfio731/
Gholfi731/
Golfeiz67139/
Goulfie671/
Golfais671/

Gálfi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gálfi in the Hindi language
गल्फीgalphi50
गलफीgalaphi50

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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 Gálfi
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