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    The surname Gallery

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 613 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G460

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallery is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of McElrath.

    Gallery is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 613 people named Gallery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 588.

    #36,477
    rank among US surnames
    613
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #36,045)

    Who is named Gallery

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

    87% of people named Gallery identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallery

    Gallery 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 Gallery come from?
    Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of McElrath.
    How common is the surname Gallery?
    613 people in the United States had the surname Gallery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. It ranked 36,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallery?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Gallery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Gallery?
    Gallery is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gallery getting more or less common?
    More common. 588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 613 in 2010, up 4.3%.