The Galli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,396 people carried this name — #9,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,093 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,174 people named Galli 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,976 people named Galli live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,002 people named Galli.
247 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Poland’s population register
47 people named Galli have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
50 people named Galli 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
Galli in American newspapers,
1900–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,146 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Galli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Antonio Galli 1585–1652 · painter -
Marco Galli 1645–1700 · mathematician -
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena 1657–1743 · architect -
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena 1696–1756 · architect -
Giovanni Antonio Galli 1708–1782 · surgeon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Galli.
- 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
- Gallian 275 · U.S. census
- Galliano 497 · U.S. census
- Gallie 195 · U.S. census
- Gallien 1,567 · U.S. census
- Gallier 478 · U.S. census
- Galligani 112 · U.S. census
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