How common is the surname Galla?

1,087 people in the United States had the surname Galla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Galla?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Galla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Galla getting more or less common?

More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Galla

A Latin surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galla is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,087 people named Galla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

#23,397

rank among US surnames

1,087

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,072)

Who is named Galla

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

84% of people named Galla identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galla

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

Other Latin surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Galla come from?: * As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling…
How common is the surname Galla?: 1,087 people in the United States had the surname Galla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galla?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Galla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Galla getting more or less common?: More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 5.1%.