How common is the surname Gallant?

9,051 people in the United States had the surname Gallant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,112 Americans. It ranked 3,931st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gallant getting more or less common?

More common. 8,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,051 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Gallant

A surname, carried by 9,051 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallant is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,051 people named Gallant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,112 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,855.

#3,931

rank among US surnames

9,051

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,681)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,922	Lazaro	9,061	34,074
#3,923	Erb	9,060	34,078
#3,924	Putman	9,058	34,085
#3,925	Martel	9,056	34,093
#3,927	Reimer	9,055	34,097
#3,928	Pickard	9,053	34,104
#3,930	Pond	9,052	34,108

Who is named Gallant

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

93% of people named Gallant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Gallant

Gallant has the Soundex code G453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G453.

Questions

How common is the surname Gallant?: 9,051 people in the United States had the surname Gallant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,112 Americans. It ranked 3,931st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallant?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gallant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gallant getting more or less common?: More common. 8,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,051 in 2010, up 2.2%.