The Gallo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 21,149 people carried this name — #1,560 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,115 people named Gallo.
638 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,086 people named Gallo live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 571 people named Gallo 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 Liège.
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 Poland’s population register
38 people named Gallo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 108 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 Greater Poland.
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 print
Gallo in American newspapers,
1893–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,262 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gallo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro León Díaz-Gallo 1782–1852 · politician -
Agostino Gallo 1790–1872 · writer -
Pedro Gallo 1818–1886 · politician -
Pedro León Gallo Goyenechea 1830–1877 · politician -
Santiago Gallo 1851–1909 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 253 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gallo.
- Galligani 117 · U.S. census
- Gallin 221 · U.S. census
- Gallina 1,629 · U.S. census
- Gallinaro 158 · U.S. census
- Gallion 3,127 · U.S. census
- Gallis 292 · U.S. census
- Gallon 1,289 · U.S. census
- Gallone 111 · U.S. census
- Galloni 109 · U.S. census
- Gallucci 2,280 · U.S. census
- Gally 274 · U.S. census
- Galmiche 141 · U.S. census
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