Galleway Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Galleway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
Galleway Demographics
Galleway Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Galleway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galleway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galleway has its highest incidence in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galleway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Galleway are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.
The surname Galleway is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Galleway is most common in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 25 percent reside and Devon, where 25 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Panama, where 13 percent reside.
Galleway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Galleway has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Galleway surname decreased 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galleway Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Galleway surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Galleway
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