Galal

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Galal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country, where it is the 55th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Derived from the Hebrew root 'galal' (גָּלַל), meaning 'to roll' or 'roll away'.

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M
  • SDSudan≈1 in 9K

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.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈82,000 people, est.

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Egypt, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derived from the Hebrew root 'galal' (גָּלַל), meaning 'to roll' or 'roll away'. [1, 5, 7] Interpretations of the name include 'rolling', 'influential', or 'great'. [3, 4, 5, 11]

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Galal 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.

Where Galal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt#55≈82,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Galal151
SD Sudan#252≈5,100 est.≈1 in 9K—Galal28
SA Saudi Arabia#955≈2,600 est.≈1 in 13K—Galal59
YE Yemen—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 15K—Galal36
IN India—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.1M2—15
AE United Arab Emirates#718≈740 est.≈1 in 14K—Galal61
KW Kuwait#613≈320 est.≈1 in 9.4K—Galal25
US United States—1851 in 1.8M258Galal149

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Galal is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ǧalāl, Gàlál, Ğalāl

  • Hindi surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Ĝalal, Ǧalāl, Gàläĺ, Gâläl, Gàlál

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ǧalāl, Ǧālāl, Ǵalāl

  • Spanish surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gâlâl, Gặlặl, Gãlål, Ğălăl, Gãlãl

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Shafiq Galal, b. 1929Samir Sabry, b. 1936Ahmed Galal, b. 1948Hala Galal, b. 1966Asmaa Galal, b. 1995

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Galal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020258#79,581
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010185#98,099
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000114#135,837
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—73#28,049
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Galal come from?
Derived from the Hebrew root 'galal' (גָּלַל), meaning 'to roll' or 'roll away'. [1, 5, 7] Interpretations of the name include 'rolling', 'influential', or 'great'. [3, 4, 5, 11] Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
What does the name Galal mean?
Recorded meaning: Derived from the Hebrew root 'galal' (גָּלַל), meaning 'to roll' or 'roll away'.
In which country does Galal have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 82 thousand people named Galal in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galal.
How common is the name Galal?
In the United States, the national register counted 185 people named Galal in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
How common is Galal compared with other names?
In Egypt, Galal is the 55th most common surname of 306,210 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Galal” — the 55th most common surname in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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