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The Galvin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,882 people carried this name — #3,018 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,499 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 62 births for the Galvin name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Cork, Clare, Kerry, and Roscommon.”

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Where they were born, 1890

Munster 40
Connacht 11
Leinster 10
Ulster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 233 people named Galvin.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Hautes-Alpes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Hautes-Alpes 63
Isère 55
Haute-Savoie 12
Rhône 11
Loire 11
Puy-de-Dôme 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Territoire de Belfort 9

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

In print

Galvin in American newspapers,
1906–1913.

Newspaper page from The Brattleboro Reformer carrying the name Galvin
The Brattleboro Reformer 1907-09-13
Newspaper page from The Evening Standard carrying the name Galvin
The Evening Standard 1913-01-18
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Galvin
The Salt Lake Herald 1906-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 55,388 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Galvin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Galvin
    John Galvin 1842–1904 · baseball player
  • Owen A. Galvin
    Owen A. Galvin 1852–1897 · lawyer
  • George W. Galvin
    George W. Galvin 1854–1928 · physician
  • Pud Galvin
    Pud Galvin 1856–1902 · baseball player
  • Michael J. Galvin
    Michael J. Galvin 1907–1963 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 119 lives in all are documented under this name.

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