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    The surname Gallion

    A Latin surname, carried by 3,161 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G450

    Gallion: #10,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallion #10,193, 3,161 people Gallion: #10,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallion #10,193, 3,161 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallion is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    * As an English surname of Middle English and Old French origin, from the personal name Galian, from Latin Galianus, Galienus, Galiena, a name probably meaning "man from Gaul," from Galli + -ānus. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallon. * As a French surname, from a diminutive of Old French galier (“cheerful man”), related to galer (“to have fun”).

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,161 people named Gallion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,127.

    #10,193
    rank among US surnames
    3,161
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,536)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,186Smit3,16497,581
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704

    Who is named Gallion

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

    80% of people named Gallion identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallion

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

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallion come from?
    * As an English surname of Middle English and Old French origin, from the personal name Galian, from Latin Galianus, Galienus, Galiena, a name probably meaning "man from Gaul," from Galli + -ānus. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallon. * As a French surname, from a diminutive of Old…
    How common is the surname Gallion?
    3,161 people in the United States had the surname Gallion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. It ranked 10,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallion?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gallion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gallion getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,161 in 2010, up 1.1%.