The Galy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 140 people carried this name — #123,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 134 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,488 people named Galy.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Ariège.
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
22 people named Galy live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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.
Who carried it
People named Galy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hippolyte Marius Galy 1847–1929 · sculptor
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Paul Galy 1884–1963 · military officer
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Léopold Galy 1908–2001 · aircraft pilot
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Pierre Galy 1915–1994 · physician
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Joseph Galy 1929–1997 · rugby union player
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Christian Galy 1937– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galy.
- Galus 478 · U.S. census
- Galvan 53,822 · U.S. census
- Galvani 215 · U.S. census
- Galves 466 · U.S. census
- Galvez 20,425 · U.S. census
- Galvin 11,882 · 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
- Gambardella 1,116 · U.S. census
- Gambert 110 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Galy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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