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    The surname Galindez

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G453

    Galindez: #19,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galindez #19,896, 1,350 people Galindez: #19,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galindez #19,896, 1,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galindez is more common than 87.7% 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 1,350 people named Galindez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 992.

    #19,896
    rank among US surnames
    1,350
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.1%
    change since 2000 (was #23,796)

    Who is named Galindez

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

    83% of people named Galindez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.1%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Galindezs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Víctor Galíndez
      Argentine boxer (1948-1980)
    • Oscar Galíndez
      Argentinean triathlete, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Galindez

    Galindez has the Soundex code G453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G453.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Galindez come from?
    Galindez is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Galindez?
    1,350 people in the United States had the surname Galindez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galindez?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Galindez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Galindez?
    Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (1948-1980), followed by Oscar Galíndez.
    Where is the surname Galindez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Galindez in Argentina.
    Is the surname Galindez getting more or less common?
    More common. 992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 36%.