How common is the surname Gallien?

1,567 people in the United States had the surname Gallien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gallien getting more or less common?

More common. 1,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Gallien

A Latin surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallien is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* As an English surname, variant of Gallion. * As a French surname, from the personal name Gallien, from Latin Gallianus, a name probably meaning "man from Gaul," from Galli + -ānus.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Gallien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,406.

#17,851

rank among US surnames

1,567

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,230)

Who is named Gallien

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

51% of people named Gallien identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%

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 Gallien

Gallien has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gallien come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Gallion. * As a French surname, from the personal name Gallien, from Latin Gallianus, a name probably meaning "man from Gaul," from Galli + -ānus.
How common is the surname Gallien?: 1,567 people in the United States had the surname Gallien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallien?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Gallien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gallien getting more or less common?: More common. 1,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 12%.