Le Gal Surname
Approximately 9,487 people bear this surname
Le Gal Surname User-submission:
The Le Gal surname is derived from the French le gallois. Pays de Galles, in French, is Wales.
This name refers to people from colonies or people who emigrated in France from there and took a French name.
Le Gal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9,302 | 1:7,141 | 613 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Le Gal Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Le Gal surname is derived from the French le gallois. Pays de Galles, in French, is Wales.
This name refers to people from colonies or people who emigrated in France from there and took a French name.
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Average Le Gal Salary in
Canada
$49,436 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Le Gal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le Gal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Le Gal is found most frequently in France. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Le Gal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Le Gal is the 53,770th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 768,161 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Le Gal live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Le Gal is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 9,302 people, or 1 in 7,141. In France Le Gal is mostly found in: Brittany, where 49 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 11 percent reside. Besides France it occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Le Gal Last Name Statistics demography
Le Gal earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.5% less than the national average, earning $49,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gall | 92 | 26,827 | / |
| Le Gale | 92 | 3 | / |
| Le Gail | 92 | 1 | / |
| Le Al | 91 | 1 | / |
| Le Galle | 86 | 131 | / |
| Le Gault | 86 | 30 | / |
| Le Gaull | 86 | 0 | / |
| Le-Gal | 83 | 32 | / |
| Le Hal | 83 | 1 | / |
| Le-Gall | 77 | 113 | / |
| La Gall | 77 | 3 | / |
| Le Halp | 77 | 3 | / |
| La Al | 73 | 1 | / |
| La Galle | 71 | 30 | / |
| Le Halle | 71 | 1 | / |
| La Gault | 71 | 0 | / |
| La Gaille | 67 | 3 | / |
| La All | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Hold | 62 | 1 | / |
| La Hall | 62 | 1 | / |
| Le-Ol | 55 | 48 | / |
| La-Al | 55 | 1 | / |
| Le Housel | 53 | 1 | / |
| Le Houssel | 50 | 34 | / |
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Le Gal Reference & Research
Le Gall FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Le Gall FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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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- 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 Le Gal
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