Galaway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 9
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Galaway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Galaway family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
1st Class Clerk 1
Pupil Teacher 1
Coal Miner 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Umbrella Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Galaway

Name Census Frequency
William Galaway 12
John Galaway 11
Sarah Galaway 10
Florence Galaway 7
George Galaway 7
Elizabeth Galaway 6
Ann Galaway 5
Caroline Galaway 4
Charlotte Galaway 4
Alice Galaway 3
Arthur Galaway 3
Clara Galaway 3
James Galaway 3
Joseph Galaway 3
Mary Galaway 3
Rose Galaway 3
Thomas Galaway 3
Ada Galaway 2
Alfred Galaway 2
Anna Galaway 2
Charles Galaway 2
Daisy Galaway 2
Eliza Galaway 2
Ellen Galaway 2
Emily Galaway 2

Galaway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gallaway 88% 2,574
2 Galway 86% 1,053
3 Galaway 100% 153

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The surname Galaway is the 3rd most popular variant of Gallaway.

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