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    The surname Galaviz

    A surname, carried by 6,339 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G412

    Galaviz: #5,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galaviz #5,486, 6,339 people Galaviz: #5,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galaviz #5,486, 6,339 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galaviz is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,339 people named Galaviz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,706 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,815.

    #5,486
    rank among US surnames
    6,339
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,477Pape6,35048,621
    #5,479Reza6,34948,629
    #5,480Warrick6,34748,644
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698

    Who is named Galaviz

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

    95% of people named Galaviz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Galaviz

    Galaviz has the Soundex code G412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G412.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Galaviz?
    6,339 people in the United States had the surname Galaviz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,706 Americans. It ranked 5,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galaviz?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Galaviz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Galaviz getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,339 in 2010, up 32%.