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    The surname Gallaher

    An Irish surname, carried by 4,198 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G460

    Gallaher: #7,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallaher #7,885, 4,198 people Gallaher: #7,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallaher #7,885, 4,198 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallaher is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Gallagher.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,198 people named Gallaher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,546 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,056.

    #7,885
    rank among US surnames
    4,198
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,560)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,876Pasillas4,20173,493
    #7,880McGlynn4,20073,511
    #7,882Fritsch4,19973,528
    #7,885Gallaher4,19873,546
    #7,888Llanes4,19773,563
    #7,891Strasser4,19673,581
    #7,894Gallimore4,19573,598

    Who is named Gallaher

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

    92% of people named Gallaher identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gallahers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Donald Gallaher
      American actor (1895-1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallaher

    Gallaher has the Soundex code G460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G460.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallaher come from?
    Variant of Gallagher.
    How common is the surname Gallaher?
    4,198 people in the United States had the surname Gallaher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,546 Americans. It ranked 7,885th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallaher?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gallaher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gallaher?
    Donald Gallaher, American actor (1895-1961).
    Where is the surname Gallaher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gallaher in the United States.
    Is the surname Gallaher getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,198 in 2010, up 3.5%.