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The GALAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,057 5290 0.002 22
United States (1880 census) 30 62865 0 1
Change since 1880 +6027 +57575 +N/A +21
Other Countries
Australia 28 40607 0 2
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GALAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,365 2238 0.007 65
California 1,221 3234 0.004 36
Florida 719 3678 0.004 45
New York 572 4353 0.003 30
Illinois 376 4446 0.003 30
Top States for GALAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,365 2238 0.007 65
Florida 719 3678 0.004 45
California 1,221 3234 0.004 36
New Jersey 267 4630 0.003 32
Illinois 376 4446 0.003 30

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GALAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GALAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GALAN in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GALAN by picking someone at random in Texas than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GALAN

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GALAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GALAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GALAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 901 14.88
Asian/Pacific 162 2.67
Mixed Race 53 0.88
Black/African American 28 0.46
Native American/Alaskan 27 0.45
White (Hispanic) 4,886 80.67

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GALAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GALAN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GALAN.

Similar names to GALAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GALAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GALAN

The following words are slight variants of GALAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.