as a Last Name
- 13,864
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Galvez
Meaning & Origins
Spanish (Gálvez): patronymic from the medieval personal name Galve (Arabic Ghālib ‘triumphant’), which was borne by various Moorish chieftains in Spanish history and legend, notably the father-in-law of Al-Mansūr, the 10th-century vizier of Córdoba.
| 2,628th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,864
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Galvez per capita
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