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    The surname Galindo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 36,429 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G453

    Galindo: #954 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Galindo #954, 36,429 people Galindo: #954 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galindo #954, 36,429 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galindo is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Galindo.

    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 36,429 people named Galindo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,475 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,730.

    #954
    rank among US surnames
    36,429
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,199)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #945Jaramillo36,7558,400
    #946Krueger36,7438,403
    #947Rasmussen36,6368,427
    #948Brandt36,6138,433
    #949Peralta36,5858,439
    #950Donaldson36,5588,445
    #951Stuart36,5408,450

    Who is named Galindo

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

    93% of people named Galindo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Galindos

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Samuel Galindo
      Bolivian footballer, born 1992
    • María Galindo
      Bolivian psychologist, born 1964
    • Vicky Galindo
      American softball player, born 1983
    • Gonzalo Galindo
      Bolivian footballer, born 1974

    Notable Galindos come mostly from Bolivia (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Galindo

    Galindo 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 Galindo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Galindo.
    How common is the surname Galindo?
    36,429 people in the United States had the surname Galindo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,475 Americans. It ranked 954th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galindo?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Galindo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Galindo?
    Samuel Galindo, Bolivian footballer, followed by María Galindo.
    Where is the surname Galindo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Galindo in Bolivia and the United States.
    Is the surname Galindo getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,429 in 2010, up 36%.