Galagala
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country
Galagala is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 170K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.7M
- TZTanzania≈1 in 3.7M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 170K (inferred from the name graph)
≈640 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: reference-verified
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Galagala counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 170K | — | Galagala | 28 |
| IN India | 38 | 1 in 35M | 38 | — | 3 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Galagala | 3 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 3.7M | — | Galagala | 4 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 14M | — | Galagala | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Galagala is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dag, 1. foolishly 2. meaninglessly. Galbaga P n - title of the fourth eldest wife of Ya Naa
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Filipino, pitch; tar plaster; calker; caulker
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a money dance
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 38 | #52,651 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 35 | #44,801 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #48,334 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Galagala have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 644 people named Galagala in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galagala.
- How common is the name Galagala?
- In India, the national register counted 38 people named Galagala, about 1 in 35 million residents.
What do you want to know about Galagala?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galagalaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Galagala”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.