# Gallina (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gallina/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,671 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,005 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 184,767 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (1,629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gallina 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Galan, Galeano, Gallion, Galeana, Gullion, Gallien, Galiano, Gallon, Galen, Galano, Gilliam, Gillian.

## 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.