Galaz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: possibly from a personal name of literary origin

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡalaθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Galaz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chile than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 83K
  • USUnited States1 in 210K

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.

Chile (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
145 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

possibly from a personal name of literary origin. Compare Galasso.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Galaz 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.

Where Galaz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CL Chile#278≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Galaz93
CN China—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 646K—Galaz1
US United States—1,5861 in 210K1.6KGalaz145
CU Cuba#347≈1,400 est.≈1 in 7.7K—Galaz3
AR Argentina—5491 in 83K549Galaz40
AO Angola—≈420 est.≈1 in 77K—Galaz1
DO Dominican Republic—≈100 est.≈1 in 104K—Galaz3

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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Galaz is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Galåz, Galáz

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Galáz

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Galáž, Galáz

  • Swedish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Galaż

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Croatia

    Also written Galaž

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Galaz is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Basque, GALAZ ( H ). a) De gala . " Galaz jantzia, vêtu de ses plus beaux habits" H . "v. GALAN. " . Kanpo guztia galaz jantzirik . AB AmaE 191. Asko bezela etzan ibiltzen lujoz ta galaz jantzita . Tx B I 41. b) Haciendo gala . Cf. GALA EGIN. Pekatu egiten da ez bakarrik batere lotsarik gabe [...], ezpada galaz eta onratzat artuaz . Ant JesBi 153.

    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)

19201940196019802000Alicia Galaz Vivar, b. 1936Eva Galaz Caletti, b. 1945Cristián Galaz, b. 1958Ignacio Galaz Ballesteros, b. 1966Mauricio Candiani, b. 1972Patricio Galaz, b. 1976Diego Galaz, b. 1976Arturo Corvalán, b. 1978Su Helen Galaz, b. 1991Henry Sanhueza, b. 1996

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)

FormalEstimado/a Galaz,Dear Galaz, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Galaz,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Galaz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.6K#17,691
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.5K#18,161
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.2K#19,976
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—549—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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

Where does the name Galaz come from?
possibly from a personal name of literary origin. Compare Galasso. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Galaz?
A machine transcription gives /ɡalaθ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Galaz mean?
Recorded meaning: possibly from a personal name of literary origin.
In which country does Galaz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Galaz in Chile, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galaz.
How common is the name Galaz?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,586 people named Galaz in 2010, about 1 in 210 thousand residents.
How common is Galaz compared with other names?
In Chile, Galaz is the 278th most common surname of 94,777 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Galaz” — the 278th most common surname in Chile. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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