Explore the Family Name Galdi

The meaning of Galdi

1. Italian (mainly Campania): patronymic or plural form of Galdo. 2. Hungarian (Gáldi): habitational name for someone from a place called Gáld in Fejér County. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Santo, Antonio, Giuseppe.

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How common is the last name Galdi in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Galdi experienced a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 57,090th most common surname but by 2010, it had dropped to the 79,338th position, indicating a decrease of approximately 39%. Similarly, the number of people carrying the Galdi surname also fell from 334 in 2000 to 240 in 2010, marking a drop of over 28%. This data suggests that the Galdi surname became less prevalent within the United States population during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,090	#79,338	-38.97%
Count	334	240	-28.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.08	-33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Galdi

As for ethnicity, the Galdi surname was primarily associated with individuals identifying as White, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, around 97% of individuals with the Galdi surname identified as White, although this percentage slightly decreased to approximately 94.6% in 2010. A small percentage (1.5%) identified as having two or more races in 2000, but this figure was not present in 2010. The census data also indicates a new emergence of Hispanic ethnicity among individuals with the Galdi surname in 2010, which was not recorded in the 2000 Census. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.01%	94.58%	-2.5%
Hispanic	0%	4.17%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.5%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%