Gallegos Surname

1,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292,995 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

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.

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Gallegos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico163,4191:760118
United States66,2581:5,470632
Peru16,2641:1,954325
Chile14,5901:1,207252
Ecuador11,2441:1,415249
Argentina6,2881:6,798682
Spain3,0831:15,1641,728
Venezuela2,7781:10,873997
Philippines2,0251:49,9948,194
El Salvador1,6261:3,902456
Honduras1,5311:5,759520
Nicaragua8721:6,905606
Bolivia5641:18,8231,596
Colombia4371:109,3233,797
France3111:213,57833,224
Panama2311:16,9361,214
Costa Rica2221:21,532742
Brazil2101:1,019,40235,992
Guatemala1991:80,8172,726
Canada1721:214,21920,702
Australia1301:207,65920,175
Puerto Rico981:36,226960
Uruguay881:38,9974,467
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
England351:1,591,94567,242
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Norway111:467,48139,375
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Grenada11:108,5351,793
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7171:29,2483,561

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gallegos in the Russian language
Галлегосgallegos-

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