How common is the surname Galusha?

1,663 people in the United States had the surname Galusha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. It ranked 17,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Galusha getting more or less common?

More common. 1,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,663 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Galusha

A Polish surname, carried by 1,663 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galusha is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Americanized spelling of Polish Gałusza.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,663 people named Galusha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,662.

#17,072

rank among US surnames

1,663

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,063	Lasko	1,664	185,544
#17,072	Flinchum	1,663	185,656
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767

Who is named Galusha

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

94% of people named Galusha identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galusha

Galusha has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Galusha come from?: Americanized spelling of Polish Gałusza.
How common is the surname Galusha?: 1,663 people in the United States had the surname Galusha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. It ranked 17,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galusha?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galusha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Galusha getting more or less common?: More common. 1,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,663 in 2010, up 0.1%.