How common is the surname Galyean?

1,365 people in the United States had the surname Galyean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galyean?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Galyean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Galyean getting more or less common?

More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Galyean

A surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galyean is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,365 people named Galyean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,268.

#19,731

rank among US surnames

1,365

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,672)

Who is named Galyean

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

92% of people named Galyean identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galyean

Galyean has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Questions

How common is the surname Galyean?: 1,365 people in the United States had the surname Galyean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galyean?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Galyean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Galyean getting more or less common?: More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 7.6%.