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    The surname Galyon

    A surname, carried by 1,485 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G450

    Galyon: #18,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galyon #18,572, 1,485 people Galyon: #18,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galyon #18,572, 1,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galyon is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,485 people named Galyon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,909 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,468.

    #18,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,485
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,627)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,572Gelb1,485207,909
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050

    Who is named Galyon

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

    94% of people named Galyon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    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 Galyon

    Galyon 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 Galyon?
    1,485 people in the United States had the surname Galyon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,909 Americans. It ranked 18,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Galyon?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Galyon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Galyon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,485 in 2010, up 1.2%.