Last Name GALLOWAY

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Meaning	Local: From Galloway, the south-eastern portion of Scotland. Crossing the border the name is soon found in county Northumberland, thence it came into Yorkshire. In Lancashire and the West Riding the name is very well known. The early forms seem to have included Gallowaie, Galaway, Galeway, Galewey, and Galway.

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	951 (2000 US census)	828 (1990 US census)

Count	33,773 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.1%, or 24350 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.51%, or 7940 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 135 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 186 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.65%, or 557 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.79%, or 605 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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