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The GALLEGO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,465 6930 0.002 17
United States (1880 census) 402 11464 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +4063 +4534 +0.001 +9
Other Countries
Australia 49 25756 0 3
United Kingdom 89 24507 0 2
Top States for GALLEGO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 967 3346 0.003 29
Florida 878 2475 0.005 55
Arizona 558 1159 0.011 109
New York 482 4263 0.003 25
Texas 343 6104 0.002 16
Top States for GALLEGO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Arizona 558 1159 0.011 109
Florida 878 2475 0.005 55
New Jersey 279 3669 0.003 33
California 967 3346 0.003 29
Nevada 54 4591 0.003 27

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GALLEGO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GALLEGO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GALLEGO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GALLEGO by picking someone at random in Arizona than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GALLEGO

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GALLEGO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GALLEGO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GALLEGO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 643 14.4
Asian/Pacific 214 4.79
Mixed Race 45 1.01
Black/African American 27 0.6
Native American/Alaskan 26 0.58
White (Hispanic) 3,510 78.61

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GALLEGO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GALLEGO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GALLEGO.

Similar names to GALLEGO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GALLEGO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GALLEGO

The following words are slight variants of GALLEGO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.