Galavez Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Galavez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galavez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:4,027,321218,060
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Galavez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Galavez Come From? nationality or country of origin

Galavez (Arabic: غالفيز) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Galavez? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. Galavez is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Galavez reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Galavez is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 4,027,321. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 32 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and New Mexico, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 3 percent are found and Peru, where 2 percent are found.

Galavez Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Galavez are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.

Galavez earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.84% less than the national average, earning $41,491 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Galavez Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galavez in the Arabic language
غالفيزghalfyz-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Galavez
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