Galila

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡəlɪɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Galila is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 67K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 504K
  • COColombia≈1 in 819K

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)

≈1,600 people, est.

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 67K (inferred from the name graph)

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)

Galila 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 Galila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,600 est.≈1 in 67K—Galila24
CO Colombia≈60 est.≈1 in 819K—Galila3
US United States≈26 est.≈1 in 13MlistedGalila19
IL Israel≈17 est.≈1 in 504K—Galila3
SE Sweden121 in 850K12—2

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Galila is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Tanzania

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Gâlilâ

  • Hebrew given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Jordan, Germany

    Also written גלילה, גלילא, Galilah

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ǧalīla

35 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Galila,
InformalHi Galila,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Galila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—12#36,298
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Galila?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəlɪɫə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Galila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Galila in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galila.
How common is the name Galila?
In Sweden, the national register counted 12 people named Galila, about 1 in 850 thousand residents.

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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, “Galila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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