The Galley surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,128 people carried this name — #22,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 14% from 1,309 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
472 people named Galley live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 362 people named Galley.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Galley,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Michael Galley 1650–1696 · composer
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Généreux Galley [Gallay] 1720–1799
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Jean-Baptiste Galley 1847–1932 · politician
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Eberhard Galley 1910–1994 · librarian
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Tom Galley 1915–2000 · association football player
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Tom Galley 1915–2000 · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galley.
- Gallego 5,763 · U.S. census
- Gallen 849 · U.S. census
- Galler 880 · U.S. census
- Galles 1,353 · U.S. census
- Gallet 398 · U.S. census
- Galletti 651 · U.S. census
- Galli 3,396 · U.S. census
- Gallian 275 · U.S. census
- Galliano 497 · U.S. census
- Gallie 195 · U.S. census
- Gallien 1,567 · U.S. census
- Gallier 478 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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