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 is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Galleway.
How Common Is The Last Name Galleway? popularity and diffusion
The last name Galleway is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found 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.
This surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Galleway is most frequent in: Greater London, where 50 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 25 percent live and Devon, where 25 percent live. Excluding England Galleway exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent live and Panama, where 13 percent live.
Galleway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Galleway has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Galleway last name contracted 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Galleway Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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
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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 Galleway
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