# Gall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,658 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,681 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,968 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (9,136 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, Scottish Gaelic, and Irish surname, of Celtic origin, from Gall (“foreigner”). This is in turn from Latin Gallus, which has borrowings (many of which are surnames) in several European languages, such as Czech Havel, Polish Gawel. * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Gál, itself from the Latin word.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gall in the United States and Austria.

## People named Gall

- Felix Gall, Austrian cyclist
- Romain Gall, American soccer player
- Mickey Gall, American mixed martial artist
- Joseph G. Gall, American biologist (1928–2024)
- Geena Gall, American middle distance runner
- John Gall, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Gallo, Gale, Gayle, Gaul, Galli, Galle, Goll, Galo, Galey, Gál, Galley, Gala.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.