How common is the surname Gallow?

1,027 people in the United States had the surname Gallow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gallow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 3.7%.

The surname Gallow

A surname, carried by 1,027 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). Gallow is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,027 people named Gallow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,067.

#24,388

rank among US surnames

1,027

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,505)

Who is named Gallow

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

60% of people named Gallow identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 60%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gallow

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

Questions

How common is the surname Gallow?: 1,027 people in the United States had the surname Gallow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,629 Americans. It ranked 24,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallow?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Gallow identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gallow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,027 in 2010, down 3.7%.