The Gallegos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 68,373 people carried this name — #486 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,310 people counted. That is up 25% from 54,672 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gallegos surname
From gallegos, plural of gallego (“Galician”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gallegos» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,238 people named Gallegos 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Gallegos.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
21 people named Gallegos live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Gallegos in American newspapers,
1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Gallegos in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.
820 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gallegos. The most, 205, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gallegos.
Who carried it
People named Gallegos,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Rafael Gallegos 1784–1850 · judge -
José Manuel Gallegos 1815–1875 · politician -
José Guadalupe Gallegos 1828–1867 · military leader -
José Gallegos y Arnosa 1857–1917 · architect -
Rómulo Gallegos 1884–1969 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — José Guadalupe Gallegos: ELApro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 101 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Gallegos,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States2,081 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 958
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 574
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 531
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Jose GallegosBorn 1930; from Canutillo, Texas. U.S. Navy, seaman; killed in action 1951 in Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frank GallegosBorn 1909 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; construction laborer from De Baca County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Diego-B. GallegosArrived at New York in 1878 aboard the Algeria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 50; merchant. From France.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 2,081 records for Gallegos in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia6 records
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
- Queensland State Archives indexes 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Ethel Emily GallegosOf Bendigo, Victoria; died 1988.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Adelaide GallegosOf Hamilton, New South Wales; died 1921.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Philip GallegosLeased farmland at St George, Queensland in 1900.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Gallegos in Australia.
Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
France6 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francois Gabriel GallegosBorn 1924 in Algeria; died 1998 in Libourne (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Isabelle GallegosBorn 1949 in Tauriac; died 1996 in Bordeaux (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jerome Franck Jean-Pierre GallegosBorn 1973 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne); died 2001 in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Gallegos in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gallegos.
- Gallardo 31,909 · U.S. census
- Gallart 140 · U.S. census
- Gallas 715 · U.S. census
- Gallay 119 · U.S. census
- Galle 2,575 · 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
- Galley 1,128 · U.S. census
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