How common is the surname Galle?

2,575 people in the United States had the surname Galle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. It ranked 12,101st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galle?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Galle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Galle getting more or less common?

More common. 1,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,575 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Galle

A surname, carried by 2,575 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galle is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,575 people named Galle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,934.

#12,101

rank among US surnames

2,575

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+33.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,236)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,095	Sommerville	2,577	119,808
#12,099	Keltner	2,576	119,855
#12,101	Daniell	2,575	119,901
#12,108	Maddock	2,574	119,948

Who is named Galle

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

87% of people named Galle identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galle

Galle 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 Galle?: 2,575 people in the United States had the surname Galle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,901 Americans. It ranked 12,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galle?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Galle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Galle getting more or less common?: More common. 1,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,575 in 2010, up 33%.