Last Name GALT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The galt, from OldEnglish 'galt,' a boar pig.
A bush of hair. Welsh, 'Gwallt.'
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish

Rank 26,239 (2000 US census) 27,675 (1990 US census)
Count 876 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.35%, or 844 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.91%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.68%, or 6 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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