Gallogly

English

Alternative forms

• Gallegly, Gillogly

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Ghallóglaigh (“son of the gallowglass”), from gallóglach (“gallowglass, Gaelic mercenary warrior”).

Proper noun

Gallogly (plural Galloglys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallogly is the 36525^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 612 individuals. Gallogly is most common among White (96.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gallogly”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.