Gallegos

See also: gallegos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gallegos.

Proper noun

Gallegos (plural Gallegoses)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallegos is the 486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 68,373 individuals. Gallegos is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gallegos”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Spanish

Etymology

From gallegos, plural of gallego (“Galician”).

Proper noun

Gallegos m or f by sense

1. a surname