How common is the surname Galdamez?

5,419 people in the United States had the surname Galdamez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,975 Americans. It ranked 6,303rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Galdamez getting more or less common?

More common. 2,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,419 in 2010, up 86%.

The surname Galdamez

A Spanish place surname, carried by 5,419 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galdamez is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Galdámez, Castilianized form of Basque Galdames, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.

Galdamez is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,419 people named Galdamez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,975 Americans. That is up 86% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,917.

#6,303

rank among US surnames

5,419

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+85.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,155)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,295	Edelman	5,428	56,880
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912
#6,299	McArdle	5,424	56,922
#6,300	Desrosiers	5,423	56,933
#6,301	Aycock	5,422	56,943

Who is named Galdamez

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

97% of people named Galdamez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Galdamez come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Galdámez, Castilianized form of Basque Galdames, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.
How common is the surname Galdamez?: 5,419 people in the United States had the surname Galdamez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,975 Americans. It ranked 6,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galdamez?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Galdamez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Galdamez?: Galdamez is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Galdamez getting more or less common?: More common. 2,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,419 in 2010, up 86%.