The Gallup surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,046 people carried this name — #8,205 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,033).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gallup surname

English surname, possibly from the verb gallop; or also possibly shortened from Galpin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gallup» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gallup in American newspapers,
1871–1872.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Gallup
New Orleans Republican 1872-03-14
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Gallup
New Orleans Republican 1871-03-24
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Gallup
New Orleans Republican 1871-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 114,783 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gallup in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

686 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gallup. The most, 190, date from the 1900s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 272
Victoria 174
Queensland 87
South Australia 57
Western Australia 44
ACT (Canberra) 25
Tasmania 18

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gallup.

Who carried it

People named Gallup,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Caroline Gallup Reed
    Caroline Gallup Reed 1821–1914 · educator
  • Morris E. Gallup
    Morris E. Gallup 1825–1893 · writer
  • Elisha Gallup 1727–1800
  • Benjamin Gallup, I 1736–1824
  • Martha Stanton Gallup 1766–1818
  • Joseph Adams Gallup 1769–1849 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gallup,
in the records of 4 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 States438 records

438 records of the Gallup name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 155
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 82
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 78
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 27
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James H. Gallup

    Born 1923 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at Rochester; stock clerk from Monroe County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Griffins Mills Cemetery, East Aurora, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Cyril A. Gallup

    Born 1931; from Kalamazoo County, Michigan. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Gallup

    Arrived at New York in 1840 aboard the Howard from St. Thomas, aged 28; student. From Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 438 records for Gallup in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Gallup name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Viola Gladys Gallup

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 92.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Gallup

    Buried in 1918 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lois Jean Gallup

    Buried in 1945 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Gallup in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Gallup name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Emily Phillips Gallup

    Born 1816 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jannetie Gallup

    Buried in 1748 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Gallup name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Gallup

    Royal Sussex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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