How common is the surname Galeana?

2,921 people in the United States had the surname Galeana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,699 Americans. It ranked 10,900th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Galeana getting more or less common?

More common. 1,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,921 in 2010, up 84%.

The surname Galeana

A surname, carried by 2,921 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galeana is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,921 people named Galeana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,699 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,587.

#10,900

rank among US surnames

2,921

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+84.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,631)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626
#10,900	Mozingo	2,921	105,699
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771

Who is named Galeana

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

96% of people named Galeana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galeana

Galeana has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Questions

How common is the surname Galeana?: 2,921 people in the United States had the surname Galeana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,699 Americans. It ranked 10,900th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galeana?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Galeana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Galeana getting more or less common?: More common. 1,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,921 in 2010, up 84%.