Galera surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Galera surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 432 people carried this name — #48,800 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 35% from 319 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,743 people named Galera 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 606
Córdoba 311
Mendoza 302
Río Negro 107
City of Buenos Aires 82
Santa Fe 78
Neuquén 51
Entre Ríos 31

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 352 people named Galera.

Most of them — 180 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 180
Hauts-de-Seine 23
Isère 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Gironde 11
Rhône 10
Loiret 10
Essonne 8
Hérault 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

221 people named Galera have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 257 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Holy Cross 115
Masovian 26
Lower Silesian 22
Warmian-Masurian 18
Silesian 15
West Pomeranian 8
Lesser Poland 7
Pomeranian 7

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Galera live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Geneva 20
Vaud 7
Bern 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Galera,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfredo Galera 1899–1990 · military personnel
  • José Galera Moreno 1901–1987 · teacher
  • Lluís Galera Isern 1912–1999 · historian
  • Montserrat Galera 1936– · librarian
  • José Galera Balazote 1936–2005
  • Hugo Galera Davidson 1938–2020 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Galera.

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