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    The surname Galeano

    A Spanish surname, carried by 3,204 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G450

    Galeano: #10,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galeano #10,059, 3,204 people Galeano: #10,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galeano #10,059, 3,204 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galeano is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    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 3,204 people named Galeano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,125.

    #10,059
    rank among US surnames
    3,204
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,050Dasher3,20596,332
    #10,059Wesolowski3,20496,363
    #10,064O'Brian3,20396,393
    #10,068Creager3,20296,423

    Who is named Galeano

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

    88% of people named Galeano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Galeano

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Galeano come from?
    Galeano is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Galeano?
    3,204 people in the United States had the surname Galeano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,363 Americans. It ranked 10,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galeano?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Galeano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Galeano getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,204 in 2010, up 51%.