# Galloway (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/galloway/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,909 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,002 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,844 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (33,773 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡaləwe/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic (eadar na) Gall-Ghàidhealaibh (literally “(among the) foreign Gaels”), a term used for Gaelic-speaking Norse settlers.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Galloway in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Galloway in the United States and Australia.

## People named Galloway

- Langston Galloway, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Don Galloway, American actor (1937-2009)
- Jackie Galloway, American taekwondo practitioner
- Robert Galloway, American tennis player (born 1992)
- Jeff Galloway, American distance runner
- Joseph Galloway, American politician
- Scott Galloway, Australian footballer
- Joseph L. Galloway, American newspaper correspondent and columnist (1941-2021)
- Nicole Galloway, American accountant and politician (born 1982)
- Beverly Thomas Galloway, American mycologist and phytopathologist (1863-1938)
- David Galloway, American novelist, journalist and curator

## Similar surnames

Gallaway, Galway, Gallo, Gall, Galli, Galle, Golla, Galo, Galey, Gál, Galley, Gala.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.