Gallop Surname
Approximately 5,275 people bear this surname
Gallop Surname Definition:
(French) A flat-bottomed boat used to load and unload ships, the surname being applied to the crew members.
Gallop Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,212 | 1:163,860 | 16,655 |
| England | 1,285 | 1:43,360 | 5,513 |
| Australia | 734 | 1:36,779 | 4,823 |
| Canada | 477 | 1:77,244 | 8,680 |
| Argentina | 192 | 1:222,622 | 18,311 |
| New Zealand | 110 | 1:41,167 | 6,893 |
| South Africa | 79 | 1:685,794 | 49,549 |
| Austria | 43 | 1:198,033 | 24,866 |
| Wales | 38 | 1:81,435 | 6,830 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 946 | 1:25,767 | 3,537 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 672 | 1:74,730 | 7,978 |
Gallop Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) A flat-bottomed boat used to load and unload ships, the surname being applied to the crew members.
Probably local-the last syllable being a corruption of hope-Galhope.
From the French, Galopin; a personal name.
Gallop Demographics
Gallop Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gallop Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallop Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gallop occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gallop.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallop? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gallop is the 90,813th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,381,525 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Gallop are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Gallop is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,212 people, or 1 in 163,860. In The United States Gallop is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, Virginia, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Gallop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gallop has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gallop last name rose 329 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 136 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 422 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gallop Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States Gallop are 8.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Gallop earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 23.29% more than the national average, earning R 292,980 per year; in United States they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $41,087 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $55,015 CAD per year.
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Gallop Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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