Last Name GALLAGHER

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Meaning	From 'Gallach,' valiant, brave, and 'er' put for 'fear,' a man. 'Air' is a common termination of nouns, and changes in 'eir,' 'ir,' 'or,' 'oir,' and 'uir,' its etymon being 'fear,' a man. Lover of foreigners.

Origin	Gaelic, Irish, Jewish, Spanish, Celtic, Austrian, Belgian, Bahraini, Zimbabwean

Rank	433 (2000 US census)	547 (1990 US census)

Count	68,075 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.08%, or 65406 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.58%, or 395 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 313 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.25%, or 170 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.02%, or 694 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 1096 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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