# Galan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/galan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,293 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,289 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,230 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (6,057 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Galán, from galán (“gallant”). Doublet of Gallant.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Galan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Galan in Argentina.

## People named Galan

- Mónica Galán, Argentine actress (1950-2019)

## Similar surnames

Galeano, Gallion, Galeana, Gallina, Gallien, Galiano, Gallon, Galen, Galano, Gillan, Galyon, Galyean.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.