Gálfy Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Gálfy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 76 | 1:70,216 | 13,625 |
| Hungary | 40 | 1:245,407 | 19,663 |
The alternate forms: Galfy (26) are calculated separately.
Gálfy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gálfy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gálfy occurs in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Galfy. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gálfy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gálfy is the 1,691,963rd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gálfy are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 66 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Gálfy is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 70,216. In Slovakia Gálfy is primarily concentrated in: Žilina Region, where 68 percent reside, Bratislava Region, where 14 percent reside and Trnava Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Hungary, where 34 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 Gálfy
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