How common is the surname Galliher?

1,305 people in the United States had the surname Galliher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galliher?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galliher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Galliher getting more or less common?

More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Galliher

An Irish surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galliher is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Gallagher.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,305 people named Galliher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,301.

#20,364

rank among US surnames

1,305

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,272)

Who is named Galliher

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

94% of people named Galliher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galliher

Galliher has the Soundex code G460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G460.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Galliher come from?: Variant of Gallagher.
How common is the surname Galliher?: 1,305 people in the United States had the surname Galliher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galliher?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galliher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Galliher getting more or less common?: More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, up 0.3%.