# Gallo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gallo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,056 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,560 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,391 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.0% (21,149 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”). * Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia. * As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall. * (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gallo 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gallo in the United States, Brazil, Italy, Argentina and Albania.

## People named Gallo

- Vincent Gallo, American film director, writer, model, actor and musician
- Robert Gallo, American biomedical researcher
- Alexandre Gallo, Brazilian association football player and manager
- Carlos Roberto Gallo, Brazilian footballer
- Carla Gallo, American actress
- Joe Gallo, American mobster of Italian descent (1929–1972)
- Ernest Gallo, American businessman (1909–2007)
- María Rosa Gallo, Argentine actress (1922-2004)
- Alpin Gallo, Albanian footballer
- Joey Gallo, American baseball player
- River Gallo, American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist
- Melissa Fumero, American actress

## Similar surnames

Gale, Gall, Gaul, Galli, Galle, Gullo, Galo, Gál, Galley, Gala, Galla, Gallow.

## 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.