Galò

surname · Latin script

Galò is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Latin Gallus.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 568(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 33K
  • CLChile≈1 in 34K

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.

Ecuador (measured from records)

29,774 people, 2024

Sources
207 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 568 (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Galo in EC Ecuador, US United States, AR Argentina and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Latin Gallus.

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Galò 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 Galò is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EC Ecuador#13529,7741 in 56830KGalo84
PH Philippines—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 62K—Galo55
US United States—1,5841 in 210K1.9KGalo207
AR Argentina—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 33K463Galo65
BO Bolivia—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 12K—Galo26
PE Peru—≈760 est.≈1 in 42K—Galo46
CL Chile—≈530 est.≈1 in 34K5Galo41

29,774 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. 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: INEC — civil registry names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

Galò is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Ecuador, Italy, United States

    Also written Galo, Ğalo

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Galò under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Galò mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin Gallus. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Galò have the most bearers?
In Ecuador, the national register counted about 30 thousand people named Galò, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled galo.
Where is Galò most common?
Galò is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 568 people carrying it.
How common is the name Galò?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 29,774 people named Galò in 2024, about 1 in 568 residents.
How common is Galò compared with other names?
In Ecuador, Galò is the 135th most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Galò” — the 135th most common given name in Ecuador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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