The Galvez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,425 people carried this name — #1,754 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,500 people counted. That is up 43% from 14,311 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Galvez surname
From Spanish Gálvez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Galvez» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 8,245 people named Galvez 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 mapWhere they live today
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 468 people named Galvez.
Most of them — 276 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Galvez live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
33 people named Galvez is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Galvez in American newspapers,
1880–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,078 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Galvez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rosa Galvez 1961– · politician -
Elsa Garcia Galvez 1924–2022 · ballet dancer
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Elsa Garcia Galvez 1924–2022 · ballet dancer
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Elsa Garcia Galvez 1924–2022 · ballet dancer
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Elsa Garcia Galvez 1924–2022 · ballet dancer
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José Gálvez Manzano 1930–2013 · carom billiards player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galvez.
- Galon 261 · U.S. census
- Galpin 806 · U.S. census
- Galus 478 · U.S. census
- Galvan 53,822 · U.S. census
- Galvani 215 · U.S. census
- Galves 466 · U.S. census
- Galvin 11,882 · U.S. census
- Galy 140 · U.S. census
- Gama 4,513 · U.S. census
- Gamache 4,082 · U.S. census
- Gamas 220 · U.S. census
- Gamba 952 · U.S. census
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