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    The surname Gallina

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,671 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G450

    Gallina: #17,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallina #17,005, 1,671 people Gallina: #17,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallina #17,005, 1,671 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallina is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

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

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,671 people named Gallina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,629.

    #17,005
    rank among US surnames
    1,671
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,005Kebede1,671184,767
    #17,014Arocha1,670184,878

    Who is named Gallina

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

    93% of people named Gallina identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallina

    Gallina has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallina come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.
    How common is the surname Gallina?
    1,671 people in the United States had the surname Gallina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. It ranked 17,005th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallina?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gallina identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gallina getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,671 in 2010, up 2.6%.