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The GALLAHER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,056 7560 0.002 15
United States (1880 census) 1,984 2999 0.004 40
Change since 1880 +2072 -4561 -0.002 -25
Other Countries
Australia 189 7924 0.001 12
United Kingdom 159 18877 0 3
Top States for GALLAHER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 444 1934 0.008 78
Pennsylvania 405 3806 0.003 33
California 317 8564 0.001 9
Ohio 311 4535 0.003 27
Florida 196 9611 0.001 12
Top States for GALLAHER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 444 1934 0.008 78
West Virginia 103 2314 0.006 57
Washington 195 3874 0.003 33
Pennsylvania 405 3806 0.003 33
Ohio 311 4535 0.003 27

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GALLAHER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GALLAHER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GALLAHER in Tennessee than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GALLAHER by picking someone at random in Tennessee than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GALLAHER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GALLAHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GALLAHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GALLAHER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 116 2.86
Mixed Race 67 1.65
White (Hispanic) 57 1.41
Asian/Pacific 41 1.01
Native American/Alaskan 24 0.59
White (Caucasian) 3,751 92.48

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GALLAHER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GALLAHER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GALLAHER.

Similar names to GALLAHER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GALLAHER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GALLAHER

The following words are slight variants of GALLAHER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.