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

The Galey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,286 people carried this name — #20,601 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,310 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 431 people named Galey.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Ariège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Ariège 170
Haute-Garonne 87
Gironde 62
Paris 28
Aude 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
Var 10
Hérault 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

33 people named Galey live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Solothurn 11
Zurich 8
Bern 7
Graubünden 4
Neuchâtel 3

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 Galey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcel Galey
    Marcel Galey 1905–1991 · association football player
  • Louis-Émile Galey 1904–1997 · screenwriter
  • Matthieu Galey 1934–1986 · writer
  • Iris Galey 1936– · writer
  • Aimé Galey 1945– · politician
  • Jean-Marie Galey 1947– · actor

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

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