# Gallego (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,763 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,971 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,574 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (4,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish gallego (“Galician”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gallego 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) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gallego in the United States, Argentina and Spain.

## People named Gallego

- Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
- Ruben Gallego, American politician (born 1979)
- Kate Gallego, 62nd Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona
- Gina Gallego, American actress
- Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach
- Pete Gallego, American politician
- Pablo Gállego Lardiés, association football player
- Baltasar Rodríguez, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Gallaga, Gales, Galeas, Galles, Glass, Giles, Gillis, Glick, Galicia, Glasgow, Glaze, Gluck.

## 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.