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    The surname Gallon

    A surname, carried by 1,329 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G450

    Gallon: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallon #20,099, 1,329 people Gallon: #20,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallon #20,099, 1,329 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallon is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English and French surname, from the personal name Galun, pet form of Galo, a French form of the old Germanic name Walo; see Wale. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallion.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,329 people named Gallon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,289.

    #20,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,329
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,421)

    Who is named Gallon

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

    64% of people named Gallon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 64%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.2%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gallon

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gallon come from?
    * As an English and French surname, from the personal name Galun, pet form of Galo, a French form of the old Germanic name Walo; see Wale. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallion.
    How common is the surname Gallon?
    1,329 people in the United States had the surname Gallon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. It ranked 20,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gallon?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Gallon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gallon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,329 in 2010, up 3.1%.