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The Gallina surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,671 people carried this name — #17,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,629 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gallina surname

Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gallina» (English), 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 1,043 people named Gallina 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 379
Santa Fe 320
Córdoba 127
City of Buenos Aires 92
Mendoza 33
Neuquén 23
Chubut 20
Catamarca 13

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 219 people named Gallina.

93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 93
Moselle 16
Marne 16
Gers 14
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Savoie 8
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Paris 5
Bouches-du-Rhône 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

178 people named Gallina live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 48
Ticino 24
Geneva 23
Bern 17
Graubünden 11
Neuchâtel 10
St. Gallen 7
Schaffhausen 6

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 57 people named Gallina 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 35
Liège 22

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

Who carried it

People named Gallina,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giacinto Gallina
    Giacinto Gallina 1852–1897 · writer
  • Camilla Gallina d. 1930 · writer
  • Marina Gallina 1350–1420
  • Lodovico Gallina 1752–1787 · painter
  • Vincenzo Gallina 1795–1842 · revolutionary
  • Gallo Gallina 1796–1874 · painter

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

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Surnames next to Gallina.

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