Galea
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A Roman helmet
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɡeɪɫiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Galea is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. In Malta it is the 14th most common surname.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 7.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 38K
- FRFrance≈1 in 44K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 190 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malta, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from galea ‘galleon’, ‘(war)ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a sailor.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Galea is read(measured from records)
Galea is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English44%
A Roman helmet.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish30%
obsolete spelling of galera
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Galea in French.
- Maltese6.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Galea in Maltese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galea counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #744 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Galea | 34 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 191 | Galea | 190 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,321 | 1 in 38K | 1.3K | Galea | 79 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Galea | 22 |
| US United States | — | 1,013 | 1 in 328K | 1.1K | Galea | 146 |
| MT Malta | #14 | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Galea | 87 |
| NI Nicaragua | #731 | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Galea | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Galea is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from galea ‘galleon’, ‘(war)ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a sailor.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Italian, galley (slender Mediterranean ship propelled primarily by oars and sails)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, a helmet.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, Galea, galera. v. 2 galera. Ekarriko duzu deskubrituba Turriane Cap de Ventrerekin galea baten luzetasuna . INav 15 (v. tbn. 52) . Eramazu deskubritua galea baten luzetasunean . Ib. 102. Ikusiko duzu [...] mendi biribil bat hartaz besterago eta berze mendi bat galea baten gisa lehenekoa baiño handiago eta luzeago . Ib. 97.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Emanuel Galeab. 1891MTCatholic bishop
- Mary Galeab. 1951AUAustralian scientist
- Anthony Galeab. 1959CACanadian physician
- Joseph Galea-Curmib. 1964MTMaltese clergyman (born 1964)
- José Cantillanab. 1966CLnot in their usual nameChilean coach
- Daniele Galeab. 1967ITItalian actor
- Sandro Galeab. 1971USAmerican physician and epidemiologist
- Francisco Bahamondes Galeab. 1988CLChilean association football player
- Jake Galeab. 1996MTMaltese association football player
- Ludwig Galeab. 2000MTMaltese singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.3K | #3,470 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #3,469 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,968 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #22,870 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,648 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 241 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 233 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 205 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 191 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 25 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Galea come from?
- from galea ‘galleon’, ‘(war)ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a sailor. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Galea?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡeɪɫiə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Galea mean?
- In English, A Roman helmet.
- What are other forms of the name Galea?
- In the etymology graph, Galeone is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Galea have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Galea in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galea.
- How common is the name Galea?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,321 people named Galea, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
- How common is Galea compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Galea is the 744th most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galeaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Galea” — the 744th most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.