The galway Surname

galway Name Meaning and History

Irish: probably a variant of Scottish Galloway, rather than a habitational name from the place of this name in southern Connacht. During the Middle Ages Galways were wealthy merchants on the south coast of Ireland, but now the name is largely confined to Ulster.

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galway Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of galway Families in the US in 1920

Number of galway families

17-31

6-16

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Galways of Kildorrery, Co. Cork, Ireland	janfortado	0
family history	Barbara Galway	5
looking Malloy/Molloy-Belfast, Greencastle	akerr183	0
galways co down and belfast	akerr183	0
WILLIAM WALKER / SUSAN E. GALWAY - 1872 marriage	canobits	0
Galway - another name for Gallagher	janfortado1	0
Mary Galway 1888 Newfoundland	Joan Osmond	2
William John Galway Sisters	Linda LaFleur	5
William J. Galway	James H. Galway	2
EDWARD BENNET GALWAY b. Oct. 10, 1878	melissa	0

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