Last name: GALARNEAU

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GALARNEAU : This last name is indexed 19,030 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

GALARNEAU : French: variant of Galerneau (and in North America an altered form of this) a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French galerne ‘northwest wind’ (from Breton gwalarn) denoting a domain exposed to the northwest wind. The surname Galarneau is very rare in France while the surname Galerneau is found mainly in Vendée. Compare Galorneau and Garno.

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