The Gala surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 984 people carried this name — #23,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
3,908 people named Gala have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,371 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Gala.
Most of them — 32 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Gala live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gala.
- Gainza 149 · U.S. census
- Gajan 132 · U.S. census
- Gajda 750 · U.S. census
- Gajewski 2,591 · U.S. census
- Gajic 145 · U.S. census
- Gal 927 · U.S. census
- Galan 6,057 · U.S. census
- Galano 511 · U.S. census
- Galant 469 · U.S. census
- Galante 3,689 · U.S. census
- Galanti 596 · U.S. census
- Galardi 383 · U.S. census
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