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    The surname Gallaway

    A surname, carried by 2,683 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G400

    Gallaway: #11,683 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallaway #11,683, 2,683 people Gallaway: #11,683 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallaway #11,683, 2,683 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallaway is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,683 people named Gallaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,075 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,590.

    #11,683
    rank among US surnames
    2,683
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,220)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,675Guin2,685114,989
    #11,679Petitt2,684115,032
    #11,683Pridemore2,683115,075
    #11,685Rorie2,682115,118
    #11,688Rotondo2,681115,161

    Who is named Gallaway

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

    81% of people named Gallaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallaway

    Gallaway 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 Gallaway?
    2,683 people in the United States had the surname Gallaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,075 Americans. It ranked 11,683rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallaway?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gallaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gallaway getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,683 in 2010, up 3.6%.