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The surname Galli

A surname, carried by 3,396 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G400

Galli: #9,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Galli #9,570, 3,396 people Galli: #9,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Galli #9,570, 3,396 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Galli is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

* As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Gallo * As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Galle * As a Hungarian surname, spelling variant of Gáli, itself from a pet form of Ecclesiastical Latin Gallus. Also see Gal.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,396 people named Galli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,914 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,093.

#9,570
rank among US surnames
3,396
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+9.8%
change since 2000 (was #9,645)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,563Leader3,39990,834
#9,567Hendon3,39890,861
#9,568Sill3,39790,888
#9,570Revis3,39690,914
#9,573Delacerda3,39590,941
#9,578Enoch3,39490,968

Who is named Galli

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

89% of people named Galli identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gallis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Ida Galli
    Actress, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Galli

Galli has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

Where does the surname Galli come from?
* As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Gallo * As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Galle * As a Hungarian surname, spelling variant of Gáli, itself from a pet form of Ecclesiastical Latin Gallus. Also see Gal.
How common is the surname Galli?
3,396 people in the United States had the surname Galli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,914 Americans. It ranked 9,570th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Galli?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Galli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Galli?
Ida Galli, actress.
Where is the surname Galli most common?
Wikidata records people named Galli in Italy.
Is the surname Galli getting more or less common?
More common. 3,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,396 in 2010, up 9.8%.