How common is the surname Galley?

1,128 people in the United States had the surname Galley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Galley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Galley

A surname, carried by 1,128 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galley is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,128 people named Galley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,309.

#22,721

rank among US surnames

1,128

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-13.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,187)

Who is named Galley

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

87% of people named Galley identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galley

Galley 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 Galley?: 1,128 people in the United States had the surname Galley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galley?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Galley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Galley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, down 14%.