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The Gall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,658 people carried this name — #3,681 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 9,136 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 932 people named Gall.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Finistère 240
Bas-Rhin 146
Moselle 96
Haut-Rhin 68
Paris 63
Meurthe-et-Moselle 54
Pas-de-Calais 31
Côtes-d’Armor 28

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

469 people named Gall live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 117
St. Gallen 113
Aargau 61
Bern 45
Basel-Landschaft 29
Thurgau 21
Basel-Stadt 13
Schwyz 13

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 300 people named Gall live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 260
Buenos Aires Province 30
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

216 people named Gall have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 278 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 45
Lower Silesian 34
Masovian 34
Pomeranian 19
Opole 18
Lublin 17
Lesser Poland 16
Silesian 10

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

66 people named Gall is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 66

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Gall in American newspapers,
1911–1923.

Newspaper page from The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent carrying the name Gall
The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent 1921-10-28
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Gall
The Ronan Pioneer 1923-10-05
Newspaper page from The Independent-reporter carrying the name Gall
The Independent-reporter 1911-10-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 660,850 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Gall d. 1633 · Christian minister
  • Marion Gall d. 1865
  • Gustav Gall d. 1920
  • Gustav Gall d. 1935
  • Laurence Gall d. 1806
  • Alexander Gall 1542–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gall.

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