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    The surname Gallego

    A Spanish surname, carried by 5,763 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G420

    Gallego: #5,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallego #5,971, 5,763 people Gallego: #5,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallego #5,971, 5,763 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallego is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish gallego (“Galician”).

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,763 people named Gallego in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,574 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,465.

    #5,971
    rank among US surnames
    5,763
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,930)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,967Olmedo5,76853,527
    #5,968Balderrama5,76653,546
    #5,970Iqbal5,76453,564
    #5,971Wilk5,76353,574

    Who is named Gallego

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

    81% of people named Gallego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Gallegos

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Américo Gallego
      Argentine footballer, born 1955
    • Ruben Gallego
      American politician (born 1979)
    • Kate Gallego
      62nd Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, born 1981
    • Gina Gallego
      American actress, born 1955
    • Mike Gallego
      American baseball player and coach, born 1960
    • Pete Gallego
      American politician, born 1961
    • Pablo Gállego Lardiés
      Association football player, born 1993
    • Baltasar Rodríguez
      Argentine footballer, born 2003

    Notable Gallegos come mostly from the United States (5), Argentina (2) and Spain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallego

    Gallego has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallego come from?
    From Spanish gallego (“Galician”).
    How common is the surname Gallego?
    5,763 people in the United States had the surname Gallego in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,574 Americans. It ranked 5,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallego?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gallego identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gallego?
    Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer, followed by Ruben Gallego.
    Where is the surname Gallego most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gallego in the United States, Argentina and Spain.
    Is the surname Gallego getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,763 in 2010, up 29%.