The Galat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 334 people carried this name — #60,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (334).
In Poland’s population register
871 people named Galat have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 928 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Galat.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 62 people named Galat 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Galat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Marie Galat 1963– · naturalist
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Bethany Galat 1995– · swimmer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galat.
- 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
- Galati 2,003 · U.S. census
- Galay 102 · U.S. census
- Galban 1,201 · U.S. census
- Galbert 245 · U.S. census
- Galdeano 133 · U.S. census
- Gale 15,866 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Galat is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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