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    The surname Galles

    A surname, carried by 1,353 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G420

    Galles: #19,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galles #19,865, 1,353 people Galles: #19,865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galles #19,865, 1,353 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galles is more common than 87.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,353 people named Galles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 947.

    #19,865
    rank among US surnames
    1,353
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,701)

    Who is named Galles

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

    81% of people named Galles identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Galles

    Galles has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Galles?
    1,353 people in the United States had the surname Galles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galles?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Galles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Galles getting more or less common?
    More common. 947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, up 43%.