Gallegan Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gallegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gallegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:12,498,584473,286
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Gallegan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gallegan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gallegan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gallegan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Gallegan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gallegan reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 12,498,584. In The United States Gallegan is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 59 percent are found, Delaware, where 21 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 10 percent are found.

Gallegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gallegan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gallegan last name rose 112 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gallegan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Gallegan are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gallegan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.84% more than the national average, earning $64,224 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gallegan
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