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    The surname Galban

    A surname, carried by 1,201 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G415

    Galban: #21,686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galban #21,686, 1,201 people Galban: #21,686 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galban #21,686, 1,201 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galban is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,201 people named Galban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

    #21,686
    rank among US surnames
    1,201
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,637)

    Who is named Galban

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

    80% of people named Galban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Galban

    Galban has the Soundex code G415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G415.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Galban?
    1,201 people in the United States had the surname Galban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,074 Americans. It ranked 21,686th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galban?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Galban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Galban getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,201 in 2010, up 13%.