How common is the surname Gallup?

4,046 people in the United States had the surname Gallup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,309 Americans. It ranked 8,205th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gallup?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gallup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gallup?

George Gallup, American statistician (1901–1984), followed by Simon Gallup.

Where is the surname Gallup most common?

Wikidata records people named Gallup in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Gallup getting more or less common?

More common. 4,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,046 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Gallup

A surname, carried by 4,046 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gallup is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

English surname, possibly from the verb gallop; or also possibly shortened from Galpin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,046 people named Gallup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,309 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,033.

#8,205

rank among US surnames

4,046

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,602)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384
#8,212	Delisle	4,041	76,403

Who is named Gallup

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

93% of people named Gallup identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gallups

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Gallup
American statistician (1901–1984)
Simon Gallup
British bassist, born 1960
Cliff Gallup
American guitarist (1930–1988)

Notable Gallups come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gallup

Gallup 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 Gallup come from?: English surname, possibly from the verb gallop; or also possibly shortened from Galpin.
How common is the surname Gallup?: 4,046 people in the United States had the surname Gallup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,309 Americans. It ranked 8,205th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gallup?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gallup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gallup?: George Gallup, American statistician (1901–1984), followed by Simon Gallup.
Where is the surname Gallup most common?: Wikidata records people named Gallup in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Gallup getting more or less common?: More common. 4,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,046 in 2010, up 0.3%.