Galanis
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡəˈɫɑnɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Galanis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Greek Γαλάνης (Galánis).
- GRGreece≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 523K
- CYCyprus≈1 in 52K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Galanis itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Γαλανης in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Greek Γαλάνης (Galánis).
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Galanis 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 363K | — | Galanis | 2 |
| US United States | — | 636 | 1 in 523K | 636 | Galanis | 197 |
| GR Greece | #791 | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 17 | Γαλανης | 81 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 352K | — | Galanis | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 272K | — | Galanis | 61 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Galanis | 78 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 25as Galanes | 1 in 136K | 25 | — | 1 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Galanis | 8 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Emmanouil Galanisb. 1838GRGreek philologist
- Demetrios Galanisb. 1879FRGreek artist (1879-1966)
- James Galanisb. 1971AUProfessional soccer manager
- Nikandrosz Galaniszb. 1988HUnot in their usual nameHungarian ice hockey player
- Tamika GalanisUSArtist
- Sofoklis GalanisGRPh.D. University of Ioannina 1979
- Eystratios GalanisGBPh.D. University of Cambridge 1973
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 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 636 | #35,395 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 635 | #37,662 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 591 | #35,916 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Galanis mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Greek Γαλάνης (Galánis). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Galanis?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡəˈɫɑnɪs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Galanis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Galanis in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galanis.
- How common is the name Galanis?
- In the United States, the national register counted 636 people named Galanis in 2010, about 1 in 523 thousand residents.
- How common is Galanis compared with other names?
- In Greece, Galanis is the 791st most common surname of 112,415 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Galanis?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/galanisThe 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, “Galanis” — the 791st most common surname in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.