Gallo (surname)
Gallo is a surname of Italian origin.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname "Gallo" were residents of Italy, 11.8% of Argentina, 11.7% of the United States, 7.1% of Colombia, 5.9% of the Philippines, 5.6% of Brazil, 3.0% of Mexico, 2.6% of Peru, 2.2% of Spain, 2.0% of Ecuador, 2.0% of France and 1.0% of Uruguay.In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following autonomous communities:
- 1. Cantabria
- 2. Basque Country
- 3. Castile and León
- 4. La Rioja
- 5. Asturias
- 6. Navarre
- 7. Community of Madrid
- 1. Santiago del Estero Province
- 2. Córdoba Province
- 3. Buenos Aires Province
- 4. Santa Fe Province
- 5. Salta Province
- 6. La Pampa Province
- 7. Tucumán Province
People
- Agostino Gallo, Italian agronomist
- Anna Maria Gallo, better known as Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Italian saint
- Albert Gallo aka Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr., gangster in the Genovese crime family of New York City, brother of Joe Gallo
- Andrea Gallo, Italian Roman Catholic priest
- Anthony Gallo, American 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 and businessman
- Diego Gallo, Uruguayan swimmer
- Domenico Gallo, Italian composer and violinist whose works are sometimes mistakenly attributed to Pergolesi.
- Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founder of E & J Gallo Winery
- Fortune Gallo, Italian-born American impresario of the San Carlo Opera Company
- George Gallo, American film director, screen writer & producer, known for writing Midnight Run
- Joe Gallo aka Crazy Joe, gangster in the Colombo crime family of New York City, brother of Albert Gallo
- Joey Gallo (baseball), American professional baseball player
- Joseph Edward Gallo, American businessman, owner of cheese producer Joseph Gallo Farms, brother of Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo
- Joseph N. Gallo], gangster and consigliere in the Gambino crime family of New York City
- Julio Gallo, American businessman, co-founder of E & J Gallo Winery
- Inigo Gallo, Swiss actor, radio personality, and playwright
- Marcia Gallo, American historian and author
- Marco Gallo, Filipino-Italian actor
- Marielle Gallo, French politician, Member of the European Parliament
- Mario Gallo (director), Italian-born Argentine film director
- Mario Gallo (actor), American film & television actor
- Max Gallo, French writer, historian, and politician, known for a series of novels based on the life of Napoleon
- Melissa Fumero née Gallo, American actress
- Michele Gallo, Italian fencer
- River Gallo, Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist
- Robert Gallo, American biomedical researcher, famous for the co-discovery of the HIV virus
- Ron Gallo, American musician
- Ryan Gallo, American basketball coach
- Samuel Sarfati known as Gallo, physician to Pope Julius II
- Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, writer, and producer
- Cordelia Gallo, character in the Japanese light novel series Gosick
- Cabe Gallo, character in the American TV series Scorpion
- Leland Gallo, character in the American TV series ''Valor''
Other
- E & J Gallo Winery, enterprise founded by Ernest and Julio Gallo in 1933