Galaz is used as a family name or surname in Chile. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Galaz
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Chile
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Galaz

How popular is Galaz?

Galaz is common in Chile.

Galaz is ranked 20536 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Galazies grew by 27.59453 per cent to 1586 since 2000 and ranked 17691 after elevating 2285 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 87.07 82.94
White 9.08 9.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.09 5.31
Others 0.38 1.05
Galaz is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Chile which signifies that it is originated from Chile. Around 25268 people have been found who wears Galaz as their family name. Galaz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
103,755 Czech Republic5
5,726 Puerto Rico2
4,367 Afghanistan2
124,220 Italy2
36,814 Romania1
24,771 Colombia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
172,258 Germany1
62,864 New Zealand1
42,479 Greece1
12,745 Luxembourg1
81,201 Switzerland1
24,421 Slovakia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
98,632 Ukraine42
55,986 Australia33
20,103 Norway33
94,027 England32
52,530 Belgium22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
93,642 France98
11,524 Sweden80
92,589 Brazil79
54,886 Canada55
Countries with hundreds of Galaz:
8,583 Argentina627
11,930 Spain298
Countries with thousands of Galaz:
1,454 Mexico7,695
22,511 United States1,395
Countries with ten thousands of Galaz:
250 Chile14,606
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Comments

D
Delicia Williford
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of the word and the suffix gailla az which means the place where meaning pushes the bearded wheat this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Galaz Namesakes

  • Akhsarbek Galazov, Politician
  • Patricio Galaz, Soccer player
  • Alicia Galaz Vivar, Poet

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