Gallo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From the medieval Italian and Spanish personal name Gallo, or from a nickname for a cocky or raucous man

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡaʝo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gallo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the 86th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 523(measured from records)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 1.4K
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈44,000 people, est.

Sources
304 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 523 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From the medieval Italian and Spanish personal name Gallo, or from a nickname for a cocky or raucous man.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gallo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gallo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy—≈44,000 est.≈1 in 1.4KlistedGallo109
AR Argentina#19829,5181 in 1.5K30KGallo116
US United States—23,0561 in 14K23KGallo304
CO Colombia#356≈16,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K9Gallo123
PH Philippines—≈16,000 est.≈1 in 7K—Gallo46
UY Uruguay#866,4751 in 5236.5KGallo53
EC Ecuador#6435,7371 in 2.9K5.7KGallo49

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INEC — civil registry names; the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gallo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Galló, Gallò, Gàllo, Ğáĺĺó, Gaĺlo

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  • Italian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Also written Gàllò, Galló, Ģallo, Gallò, Gàllo

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Galló, Gallö

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Philippines, Spain

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Peru

    Also written Galló

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gallo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • nickname from gallo ‘rooster’ (Latin gallus), given originally to a person with some of the attributes associated with a rooster, as for example a powerful voice or sexual prowess.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Italian, gallus), given originally to a person with some of the attri¬ butes associated with this bird, as for example a fine voice or sexual prowess. 2. from the medieval given name Gallo) see Gall 2. Dims.: It.: Gallelli, Galletti, Gallini, Gallucci(o), Galluzzi, Gallussi, Gallozzi, Gall(in)ottj. Augs.; It.: Gallon!, Gallone. Pejs.: It.: Gallaccio.

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, especially in southern Italy, as for example Gallo Matese in Caserta province.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • ethnic name for someone from France or Gaul (Latin Gallus).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • from the medieval personal name Gallo (see Gall 2).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Nunzio Gallo, b. 1928Joseph Gallo, b. 1929Max Gallo, b. 1932Robert Gallo, b. 1937Carlos Roberto Gallo, b. 1956Vincent Gallo, b. 1961Massimiliano Gallo, b. 1968Carla Gallo, b. 1975Sebastián Abreu, b. 1976Melissa Fumero, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Gallo,Dear Gallo, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Gallo,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 49 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Gallo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—30K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201023K#1,560
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202022K#1,610
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200021K#1,560
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—6.5K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20245.7K#689
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—5.7K—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2008115—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1995106—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2010104—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2014103—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2012100—

Reference works 10

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gallo mean, and where does it come from?
From the medieval Italian and Spanish personal name Gallo, or from a nickname for a cocky or raucous man. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
What are other forms of the name Gallo?
In the etymology graph, Gall, Gal and Gallina are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Gallo?
A machine transcription gives /ɡaʝo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Gallo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 44 thousand people named Gallo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gallo.
Where is Gallo most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gallo is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 523 people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gallo?
In Argentina, the national register counted 29,518 people named Gallo, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.
How common is Gallo compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Gallo is the 86th most common surname of 57,630 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gallo” — the 86th most common surname in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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