The Galarza surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,601 people carried this name — #3,368 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 36% from 7,811 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 42,929 people named Galarza live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 42 people named Galarza.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Galarza live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Galarza in American newspapers,
1914–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 841 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Galarza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ángel Galarza 1891–1966 · lawyer -
Ramona Galarza 1940–2020 · actor -
Arturo Galarza 1944–2008 · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 39 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Galarza,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States171 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 83
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 50
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 29
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Manuel F. GalarzaBorn 1920 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1946 at Rupert, Idaho; hatchery worker from Idaho. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe, Hawaii.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Rudolph Joseph GalarzaBorn 1943; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1965 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Cruz GalarzaU.S. Army veteran. Born 1885, died 1908; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 171 records for Galarza in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France14 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Andre GalarzaBorn 1906 in Paris; died 1991 in Vinon-sur-Verdon (Var).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne Frederice Augusta GalarzaBorn 1917 in Sète; died 1983 in Montpellier (Hérault).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Luis Maria GalarzaBorn 1920 in Argentina; died 1997 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 14 records for Galarza in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galarza.
- Galan 8,293 · U.S. census
- Galano 605 · U.S. census
- Galant 475 · U.S. census
- Galante 4,038 · U.S. census
- Galanti 498 · U.S. census
- Galardi 407 · U.S. census
- Galas 731 · U.S. census
- Galassi 545 · U.S. census
- Galasso 2,524 · U.S. census
- Galat 334 · U.S. census
- Galati 2,003 · U.S. census
- Galaviz 6,339 · U.S. census
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