Last Name GALLEY

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Meaning Local: Of the galilee, a surname of exceptional interest which has barely survived. The galilee of cathedrals is founded on the phrase, 'Galilee of the Gentiles.' It was a porch or chapel attached to a church and used as a penitentiary, and even as a mortuary. A galilee exists at Lincoln, Ely, and Durham cathedrals. At times they seem to have been set apart for women, who were restricted within certain limits. Galley is a corruption. Probably the founder was verger of the galilee, or dwelt under the shadow.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 19,187 (2000 US census) 23,034 (1990 US census)
Count 1,309 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.15%, or 1180 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.11%, or 80 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.99%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.91%, or 25 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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