How common is the surname Gallo?

23,056 people in the United States had the surname Gallo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,391 Americans. It ranked 1,560th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gallo?

In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gallo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gallo?

Vincent Gallo, American film director, writer, model, actor and musician, followed by Robert Gallo.

Where is the surname Gallo most common?

Wikidata records people named Gallo in the United States, Brazil and Italy and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Gallo getting more or less common?

More common. 21,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,056 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Gallo

A Latin surname, carried by 23,056 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallo is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

* 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.

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 23,056 people named Gallo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,391 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,149.

#1,560

rank among US surnames

23,056

people in 2010

7.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #1,560)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,551	Barragan	23,176	13,322
#1,552	Machado	23,170	13,325
#1,553	Rubin	23,165	13,328
#1,554	Reynoso	23,143	13,341
#1,555	Wesley	23,135	13,345
#1,556	Hidalgo	23,134	13,346
#1,557	Cabral	23,128	13,349

Who is named Gallo

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

74% of people named Gallo identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gallos

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vincent Gallo
American film director, writer, model, actor and musician, born 1961
Robert Gallo
American biomedical researcher, born 1937
Alexandre Gallo
Brazilian association football player and manager, born 1967
Carlos Roberto Gallo
Brazilian footballer, born 1956
Carla Gallo
American actress, born 1975
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, born 1974
Joey Gallo
American baseball player, born 1993
River Gallo
American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist
Melissa Fumero
American actress, born 1982

Notable Gallos come mostly from the United States (7), Brazil (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gallo

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

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gallo come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Gallo?: 23,056 people in the United States had the surname Gallo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,391 Americans. It ranked 1,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallo?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gallo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gallo?: Vincent Gallo, American film director, writer, model, actor and musician, followed by Robert Gallo.
Where is the surname Gallo most common?: Wikidata records people named Gallo in the United States, Brazil and Italy and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Gallo getting more or less common?: More common. 21,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,056 in 2010, up 9.0%.