Galvez is used as a family name or surname in Colombia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Galvez
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Colombia
Meaning: Common throughout Spain, it formed with the surname suffix -ez certainly corresponds to a personal name, but opinions differ on this one. It is often assumed that this is a variant of Gozalvez, Gonzalvez, of Germanic origin names (see Gonzalez for the senses), but this assumption is unlikely phonetically. Joan Coromines says surnames Catalan neighbors Galbes, Galbis, Galvis (basically worn in the province of Valencia) by the German name Waldburg (Waldan govern = + = burg fortress). Finally, another hypothesis considers the medieval name Galve Hispanization would be a person's name from the Arab Ghalib (Ghalib = winner).

How popular is Galvez?

Galvez is common in Colombia.

Galvez is ranked 1656 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Galvezies grew by 42.72238 per cent to 20425 since 2000 and ranked 1754 after elevating 560 spots. The last name was found in around 69 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 88.07 86.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.93 6.48
White 4.63 5.41
Black 0.65 0.52
Others 0.54 0.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.18 0.27
Galvez is quite popular family name mostly used in Mexico while Guatemala is ahead in terms of density. Around 327288 people have been found who wears Galvez as their family name. Galvez is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
648 Northern Mariana Islands8
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
4,881 Oman3
35,789 Turkey3
2,935 Angola3
127,708 Czech Republic3
18,114 Algeria3
1,219,338 India3
6,266 Luxembourg2
35,969 Denmark2
1,169 New Caledonia2
723,167 Indonesia2
5,936 Bahrain2
4,104 South Korea2
31,767 Greece2
801 Cape Verde1
799 British Virgin Islands1
37,779 Serbia1
50,549 Georgia1
123,175 Tanzania1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,198 Maldives1
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
107,212 South Africa1
18,969 Wales1
36,814 Romania1
2,578 Guam1
5,467 Haiti1
20,172 Hungary1
8,859 Iraq1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
14,373 Jordan1
215 Palau1
4,171 Rwanda1
586 San Marino1
17,236 Ghana1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
746 Dominica1
2,613 The Bahamas1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,847 Albania1
25,746 Finland1
3,243 Suriname1
12,270 Lebanon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
9,524 Portugal37
49,393 Netherlands35
12,692 Scotland33
16,226 New Zealand33
9,692 Ireland27
467 Andorra22
28,338 Norway20
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
414 Brunei99
4,262 Kuwait87
15,572 Switzerland72
Countries with hundreds of Galvez:
4,278 Saudi Arabia808
12,572 Germany807
8,058 Canada512
791 Nicaragua498
2,504 United Arab Emirates413
1,690 Paraguay340
16,496 England339
28,188 Italy336
186 Belize336
1,370 Uruguay330
728 Costa Rica247
1,240 Puerto Rico217
14,756 Australia182
6,499 Sweden145
2,531 Singapore142
13,194 Malaysia126
1,946 Qatar126
15,081 Belgium119
Countries with thousands of Galvez:
210 Honduras9,105
449 Ecuador7,321
201 El Salvador6,503
735 Argentina6,047
265 Cuba5,366
152 Panama3,720
531 Bolivia3,357
431 Dominican Republic3,353
7,193 Brazil1,940
4,203 France1,923
1,999 Venezuela1,204
Countries with ten thousands of Galvez:
321 Mexico59,649
107 Philippines54,456
72 Guatemala38,192
125 Peru35,867
159 Spain30,807
142 Chile25,902
2,656 United States15,140
676 Colombia10,796
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 Galvez is a surname of Basque origin, represents the form of weathered galbez, grid mill, designating the location of the house near the mill, probable nickname of the owner of that house.

Galvez Namesakes

  • Agostina Gálvez, Film director
  • Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Racing driver
  • Juan Manuel Cobo Gálvez, Soccer player
  • Benjie Galvez, Actor
  • Bernardo de Gálvez, Military leader
  • Bernardo de Gálvez, Military leader
  • Bernardo de Gálvez, Military leader
  • Byron Galvez, Artist
  • Paulina Gálvez, Actress
  • Dalila Gálvez, Carlos Mérida's ex-wife
  • In 2015, Bea Galvez portrayed the role of N in drama film Sleepless.
  • Pilar Galvez, from 2009 drama film Taxi Dance, who characterized Immigrant.
  • Joe Galvez, from 1965 fantasy, romance movie Mansanas sa paraiso, who played the N.

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