Gallo (surname)
Gallo is a surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Gallo were residents of Italy (frequency 1:680), 11.8% of Argentina (1:1,451), 11.7% of the United States (1:12,385), 7.1% of Colombia (1:2,691), 5.9% of the Philippines (1:6,855), 5.6% of Brazil (1:14,574), 3.0% of Mexico (1:16,388), 2.6% of Peru (1:4,966), 2.2% of Spain (1:8,604), 2.0% of Ecuador (1:3,181), 2.0% of France (1:13,504) and 1.0% of Uruguay (1:1,357).
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:680) in the following regions:
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:8,604) in the following autonomous communities:
- 1. Cantabria (1:2,082)
- 2. Basque Country (1:3,083)
- 3. Castile and León (1:3,095)
- 4. La Rioja (1:4,814)
- 5. Asturias (1:5,193)
- 6. Navarre (1:5,218)
- 7. Community of Madrid (1:6,287)
In Argentina, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,451) in the following provinces:[1]
- 1. Santiago del Estero Province (1:375)
- 2. Córdoba Province (1:1,213)
- 3. Buenos Aires Province (1:1,234)
- 4. Santa Fe Province (1:1,238)
- 5. Salta Province (1:1,254)
- 6. La Pampa Province (1:1,262)
- 7. Tucumán Province (1:1,263)
People
- Agostino Gallo (1499–1570), Italian agronomist
- American gangsters:
- Albert Gallo, one of the "Gallo brothers"
- Joe Gallo, one of the "Gallo brothers"
- Joseph N. Gallo, consiglieri of the Gambino crime family
- Larry Gallo, one of the "Gallo brothers"
- Anna Maria Gallo, better known as Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Italian saint
- Andrea Gallo (1928–2013), Italian Roman Catholic priest
- Anthony Gallo (born 1965), guitarist
- Armando Gallo, Italian journalist and photographer
- Bill Gallo, cartoonist and columnist for the New York Daily News
- Carla Gallo, American actress
- Dean Gallo, American congressman
- Diego Gallo, Uruguayan swimmer
- Domenico Gallo, Italian composer and violinist whose works are sometimes mistakenly attributed to Pergolesi.
- E & J Gallo Winery, founded in 1933
- Ernest Gallo, co-founder
- Julio Gallo, co-founder
- Joseph Edward Gallo, brother of Ernest and Julio Gallo
- Inigo Gallo, Swiss actor and playwright
- Fortune Gallo, impresario of the San Carlo Opera Company
- George Gallo, American film producer
- Joey Gallo (baseball), MLB player
- Mario Gallo, Italian born Argentine film director
- Max Gallo, French author who wrote a series of novels based on the life of Napoleon I of France
- Marielle Gallo, French Member of the European Parliament
- Melissa Gallo, now uses the name Melissa Fumero
- Robert Gallo, retrovirus expert famous for his co-discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS
- Ron Gallo, American musician
- Vincent Gallo, film director
- Samuel Sarfati, physician to Pope Julius II, known as Gallo
Fictional characters:
- Cordelia Gallo, a character in the Japanese light novel series Gosick
- Cabe Gallo, a character from the American TV series, Scorpion
- Leland Gallo, a character from the American TV series Valor