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The GALEA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,045 22870 0.000 4
United States (1880 census) 1 112298 0.000 0
Change since 1880 +1044 +89428 0 N/A
Other Countries
Australia 3,051 507 0.019 187
United Kingdom 588 7912 0.001 13
Top States for GALEA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 249 9779 0.001 7
New York 187 9504 0.001 10
Michigan 177 6404 0.002 18
Florida 114 14244 0.001 7
New Jersey 49 18267 0.001 6
Top States for GALEA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 177 6404 0.002 18
New York 187 9504 0.001 10
Rhode Island 8 15969 0.001 8
California 249 9779 0.001 7
Florida 114 14244 0.001 7






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

Classification and Origin of GALEA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Italy

Language of origin: Italian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GALEA 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.

Ethnic distribution of GALEA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 918 87.85
White (Hispanic) 101 9.67
Mixed Race 12 1.15
Black/African American 8 0.77
Asian/Pacific 6 0.57
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 0

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

Meaning of GALEA in historical publications

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

Similar names to GALEA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GALEA.



Potential typos for GALEA

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