The Galle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,575 people carried this name — #12,101 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 33% from 1,934 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,458 people named Galle 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,155 people named Galle.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Indre-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 143 people named Galle 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
116 people named Galle have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 152 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Galle live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
70 people named Galle is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Galle in American newspapers,
1898–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,346 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Galle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philip Galle 1537–1612 · writer -
Philip Galle 1537–1612 · writer
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André Galle d. 1702 · printer
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Martta Laavuntytär Galle d. 1646
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governor Klaus Petterinpoika 'Galle', 1.Lord of Dobrova d. 1643
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Erik Galle d. 1658
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galle.
- Gallant 9,051 · U.S. census
- Gallard 158 · U.S. census
- Gallardo 31,909 · U.S. census
- Gallart 140 · U.S. census
- Gallas 715 · U.S. census
- Gallay 119 · U.S. census
- Gallego 5,763 · U.S. census
- Gallen 849 · U.S. census
- Galler 880 · U.S. census
- Galles 1,353 · U.S. census
- Gallet 398 · U.S. census
- Galletti 651 · U.S. census
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