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    The surname Gallogly

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 612 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G424

    Gallogly: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gallogly #36,525, 612 people Gallogly: #36,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gallogly #36,525, 612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallogly is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Ghallóglaigh (“son of the gallowglass”), from gallóglach (“gallowglass, Gaelic mercenary warrior”).

    Gallogly is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 612 people named Gallogly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 610.

    #36,525
    rank among US surnames
    612
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #35,003)

    Who is named Gallogly

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

    97% of people named Gallogly identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Gallegly
    • Gillogly

    Gallogly has the Soundex code G424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G424.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallogly come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Ghallóglaigh (“son of the gallowglass”), from gallóglach (“gallowglass, Gaelic mercenary warrior”).
    How common is the surname Gallogly?
    612 people in the United States had the surname Gallogly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 504,486 Americans. It ranked 36,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallogly?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gallogly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Gallogly?
    Gallogly is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gallogly getting more or less common?
    More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 612 in 2010, up 0.3%.
    What are other spellings of Gallogly?
    Gallegly and Gillogly.