How common is the surname Galpin?

806 people in the United States had the surname Galpin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 383,059 Americans. It ranked 29,334th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galpin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galpin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Galpin getting more or less common?

Less common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 806 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Galpin

A surname, carried by 806 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galpin is more common than 81.9% of them.

Origin

English surname related to the verb gallop, probably by way of Old French. Compare Galopin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 806 people named Galpin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 383,059 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.

#29,334

rank among US surnames

806

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #27,439)

Who is named Galpin

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

94% of people named Galpin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Galpin

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

Questions

Where does the surname Galpin come from?: English surname related to the verb gallop, probably by way of Old French. Compare Galopin.
How common is the surname Galpin?: 806 people in the United States had the surname Galpin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 383,059 Americans. It ranked 29,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galpin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galpin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Galpin getting more or less common?: Less common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 806 in 2010, down 2.5%.