How common is the surname Gall?

9,658 people in the United States had the surname Gall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,968 Americans. It ranked 3,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gall?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gall?

Felix Gall, Austrian cyclist, followed by Romain Gall.

Where is the surname Gall most common?

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

Is the surname Gall getting more or less common?

More common. 9,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,658 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Gall

A surname, carried by 9,658 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gall is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,658 people named Gall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,968 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,136.

#3,681

rank among US surnames

9,658

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,568)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,676	Harder	9,665	31,945
#3,677	Bohannon	9,663	31,951
#3,679	Willson	9,659	31,965
#3,681	Gall	9,658	31,968

Who is named Gall

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Gall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Galls

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Felix Gall
Austrian cyclist, born 1998
Romain Gall
American soccer player, born 1995
Mickey Gall
American mixed martial artist, born 1992
Joseph G. Gall
American biologist (1928–2024)
Geena Gall
American middle distance runner, born 1987
John Gall
Baseball player, born 1978

Notable Galls come mostly from the United States (5) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gall

Gall has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

Where does the surname Gall come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Gall?: 9,658 people in the United States had the surname Gall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,968 Americans. It ranked 3,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gall?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gall?: Felix Gall, Austrian cyclist, followed by Romain Gall.
Where is the surname Gall most common?: Wikidata records people named Gall in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Gall getting more or less common?: More common. 9,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,658 in 2010, up 5.7%.