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The Gallant surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,051 people carried this name — #3,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,855 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 230 people named Gallant.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Nord 42
Pas-de-Calais 32
Paris 26
Gers 11
Charente 10
Yonne 7
Haute-Garonne 6
Sarthe 6

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Gallant live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 12
East Flanders 11
Walloon Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Gallant in American newspapers,
1887–1914.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Gallant
The Montgomery Advertiser 1910-06-17
Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name Gallant
The Citizen 1887-05-07
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Gallant
The Salt Lake Tribune 1914-01-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 739,515 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gallant,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emmanuël Gallant 1768–1846 · coadjutor
  • Sylvain E. Gallant 1839–1918 · politician
  • Francis Gallant 1841–1905 · politician
  • Marie Gallant 1862–1919
  • Sylvain Gallant 1866–1960
  • Benjamin Gallant 1872–1921 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Gallant.

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