Gallegos Surname
Approximately 292,995 people bear this surname
Gallegos Surname Definition:
One who came from Gallego or Gallegos (Galicia, an ancient Spanish kingdom), the names of places in Spain.
From the latin "gallaicus" meaning "a native of Galicia." This is a former kingdom of Spain in the northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameGallegos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 163,419 | 1:760 | 118 |
| United States | 66,258 | 1:5,470 | 632 |
| Peru | 16,264 | 1:1,954 | 325 |
| Chile | 14,590 | 1:1,207 | 252 |
| Ecuador | 11,244 | 1:1,415 | 249 |
| Argentina | 6,288 | 1:6,798 | 682 |
| Spain | 3,083 | 1:15,164 | 1,728 |
| Venezuela | 2,778 | 1:10,873 | 997 |
| Philippines | 2,025 | 1:49,994 | 8,194 |
| El Salvador | 1,626 | 1:3,902 | 456 |
| Honduras | 1,531 | 1:5,759 | 520 |
| Nicaragua | 872 | 1:6,905 | 606 |
| Bolivia | 564 | 1:18,823 | 1,596 |
| Colombia | 437 | 1:109,323 | 3,797 |
| France | 311 | 1:213,578 | 33,224 |
| Panama | 231 | 1:16,936 | 1,214 |
| Costa Rica | 222 | 1:21,532 | 742 |
| Brazil | 210 | 1:1,019,402 | 35,992 |
| Guatemala | 199 | 1:80,817 | 2,726 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Australia | 130 | 1:207,659 | 20,175 |
| Puerto Rico | 98 | 1:36,226 | 960 |
| Uruguay | 88 | 1:38,997 | 4,467 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,717 | 1:29,248 | 3,561 |
The alternate forms: Gállegos (1) are calculated separately.
Gallegos (201) may also be a first name.
Gallegos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Gallego or Gallegos (Galicia, an ancient Spanish kingdom), the names of places in Spain.
From the latin "gallaicus" meaning "a native of Galicia." This is a former kingdom of Spain in the northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
Popular and common in nearly all parts of northern Spain but of Aragonese origin. Names of villages near Leon, Oviedo, Lugo, Cuidad Rodrigo, Valladolid, Segovia, Zamora, Ávila, and Salamanca. Although indicates from province of Galicia, meaning of latter unknown.
Refers to someone from Galicia which comes probably from two words "galo" and "grecia" that were altered into Galicia.
Galician name diffused throughout the Peninsula and descended from Count, don Ramón Romaes,,legitimate son of King don Fruela I.
Gallegos Demographics
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Gallegos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallegos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gallegos (Russian: Галлегос) is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Gállegos. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallegos? popularity and diffusion
Gallegos is the 1,868th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,873 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gallegos are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Gallegos is also the 639,077th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 201 people.
Gallegos is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 163,419 people, or 1 in 760. In Mexico it is most numerous in: Nuevo León, where 9 percent live, México, where 8 percent live and Jalisco, where 6 percent live. Beside Mexico Gallegos is found in 76 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Peru, where 6 percent live.
Gallegos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gallegos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gallegos surname expanded 3,859 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gallegos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gallegos surname are 41.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.45% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gallegos earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning 345,703 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,120 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $24,872,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,300 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.72% less than the national average, earning $45,351 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gallegos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gallegos in the Russian language | ||
| Галлегос | gallegos | - |
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Footnotes
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