Last Name GALL

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Meaning	The son of Galle, an ancient first name. Two saints Galle occure in the Roman Calendar, one of whom was Scotch abbot. A native of the Lowlands of Scotland; any one ignorant of the Gaelic language; a foreigner, stranger. 'Gal,' Gaelic and Cornish British, battle, evil warfare; 'Gal,' Welsh, clear.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Danish, Czech, Polish, Irish, Slovakian, Croatian, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	3,568 (2000 US census)	4,938 (1990 US census)

Count	9,136 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.51%, or 8543 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.78%, or 254 total occurrences, as black,
0.65%, or 59 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.23%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.13%, or 103 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.71%, or 156 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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