The Galette surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 207 people carried this name — #89,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 37% from 151 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Galette.
Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 print
Galette in American newspapers,
1896–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,434 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galette.
- Galea 1,013 · U.S. census
- Galeazzi 354 · U.S. census
- Galecki 389 · U.S. census
- Galeotti 145 · U.S. census
- Galera 432 · U.S. census
- Gales 4,169 · U.S. census
- Galetti 255 · U.S. census
- Galetto 137 · U.S. census
- Galey 1,286 · U.S. census
- Gali 548 · U.S. census
- Galia 202 · U.S. census
- Galiana 169 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Galette is.
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