The Gallego surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,465 people carried this name — #6,930 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 615 people named Gallego.
280 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
232 people named Gallego live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
Who carried it
People named Gallego,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fernando Gallego 1440–1507 · painter -
Juan Nicasio Gallego 1777–1853 · writer -
Antonio Gallego Valcárcel 1787–1857 · military personnel -
Domingo Gallego y Álvarez 1817–1898 · painter -
José Santiago Gallego Díaz 1843–1917 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 195 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gallego.
- Gallard 199 · U.S. census
- Gallardo 22,435 · U.S. census
- Gallart 106 · U.S. census
- Gallas 832 · U.S. census
- Gallay 130 · U.S. census
- Galle 1,934 · U.S. census
- Gallen 799 · U.S. census
- Galler 860 · U.S. census
- Galles 947 · U.S. census
- Gallet 408 · U.S. census
- Galletti 616 · U.S. census
- Galley 1,309 · U.S. census
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