How common is the surname Galea?

1,013 people in the United States had the surname Galea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galea?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Galea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Galea getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Galea

A surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galea is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,013 people named Galea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,045.

#24,648

rank among US surnames

1,013

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,870)

Who is named Galea

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

85% of people named Galea identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galea

Galea has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

How common is the surname Galea?: 1,013 people in the United States had the surname Galea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galea?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Galea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Galea getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, down 3.1%.