Galoway Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Galoway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 712 | 1:70,532 | 7,602 |
Galoway Demographics
Galoway Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Galoway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galoway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Galoway is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galoway? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Galoway live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States Galoway is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 18 percent are found, New York, where 15 percent are found and Texas, where 12 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.
Galoway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Galoway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Galoway last name fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Galoway Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Galoway last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Galoway are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
Galoway earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $44,412 USD per year.
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Galoway Reference & Research
Galloway DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Galloway FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Galoway
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