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    The surname Gallivan

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,092 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G415

    Gallivan: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallivan #23,315, 1,092 people Gallivan: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallivan #23,315, 1,092 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallivan is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Galvin.

    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 1,092 people named Gallivan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

    #23,315
    rank among US surnames
    1,092
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,570)

    Who is named Gallivan

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

    94% of people named Gallivan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallivan

    Gallivan has the Soundex code G415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G415.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallivan come from?
    Variant of Galvin.
    How common is the surname Gallivan?
    1,092 people in the United States had the surname Gallivan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. It ranked 23,315th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallivan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gallivan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gallivan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,092 in 2010, up 2.7%.