Gallo (surname)

Gallo is an Italian 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:

• 1. Piedmont (1:207)
• 2. Calabria (1:224)
• 3. Campania (1:326)
• 4. Liguria (1:491)
• 5. Molise (1:650)

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. 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