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The surname Gallop

A surname, carried by 1,770 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G410

Gallop: #16,295 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gallop #16,295, 1,770 people Gallop: #16,295 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gallop #16,295, 1,770 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallop is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Gallup.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,770 people named Gallop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,433 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,689.

#16,295
rank among US surnames
1,770
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #15,825)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,295Swayne1,770174,433
#16,302Merten1,769174,531

Who is named Gallop

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

68% of people named Gallop identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 68%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gallop

Gallop has the Soundex code G410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G410.

Questions

Where does the surname Gallop come from?
English surname, variant of Gallup.
How common is the surname Gallop?
1,770 people in the United States had the surname Gallop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,433 Americans. It ranked 16,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallop?
In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Gallop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gallop getting more or less common?
More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,770 in 2010, up 4.8%.