Find out how popular the last name Galiano is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Galiano.

Galiano, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Galiano surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Galiano in America

Galiano is the 17975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Galiano surname appeared 1,554 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Galiano.

We can also compare 2010 data for Galiano to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Galiano

The surname Galiano is believed to have its origins in Italy, with the earliest records dating back to the 13th century. The name is thought to be derived from the Latin word "gallianus," which means "of Gallia" or "from Gaul," referring to the region of modern-day France and Belgium.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Galiano can be found in a document from the city of Genoa, dated 1275, which mentions a person named Giacomo Galiano. This suggests that the name was present in the maritime regions of northern Italy during that time period.

In the 14th century, the Galiano family became prominent in the Republic of Genoa, with several members holding important positions in the government and military. One notable figure was Andrea Galiano, a Genoese admiral who commanded a fleet in the Venetian-Genoese War against the Republic of Venice in the late 1300s.

The name Galiano is also associated with various place names in Italy, such as the town of Galiano in the province of Avellino, Campania, and the Galiano River in the province of Cosenza, Calabria. These place names may have influenced the development of the surname or vice versa.

In the 16th century, the Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira named one of the islands in the South Pacific the "Galiano Islands" after his friend and fellow explorer, Dionisio Galiano. This island is now known as Malaita, part of the Solomon Islands.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, a Spanish naval officer and explorer who was born in Cabra, Córdoba, Spain, in 1760. He participated in several important voyages of exploration in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including the Spanish expeditions to the Northwest Coast of North America.

Other historical figures with the surname Galiano include Vincenzo Galiano, an Italian painter and architect from Naples in the 17th century, and Francesco Galiano, an Italian mathematician and astronomer from the 18th century, who made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Galiano

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Galiano.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Galiano was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Galiano has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Galiano was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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