How common is the surname Galati?

2,003 people in the United States had the surname Galati in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. It ranked 14,806th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galati?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Galati identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Galati?

Martinho Lutero Galati, Brazilian conductor (1953-2020), followed by Frank Galati.

Where is the surname Galati most common?

Wikidata records people named Galati in Brazil and the United States.

Is the surname Galati getting more or less common?

More common. 1,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,003 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Galati

An Italian surname, carried by 2,003 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galati is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Galati.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,003 people named Galati in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,928.

#14,806

rank among US surnames

2,003

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,799	Wegman	2,005	153,988
#14,803	Nazarian	2,004	154,065
#14,806	Cottone	2,003	154,142
#14,814	Platero	2,002	154,219

Who is named Galati

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Galati identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Galatis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martinho Lutero Galati
Brazilian conductor (1953-2020)
Frank Galati
American actor, writer and director (1943–2023)

Notable Galatis come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galati

Galati has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Galati come from?: Borrowed from Italian Galati.
How common is the surname Galati?: 2,003 people in the United States had the surname Galati in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,142 Americans. It ranked 14,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galati?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Galati identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Galati?: Martinho Lutero Galati, Brazilian conductor (1953-2020), followed by Frank Galati.
Where is the surname Galati most common?: Wikidata records people named Galati in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Galati getting more or less common?: More common. 1,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,003 in 2010, up 3.9%.