Gallegos
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Gallegos.
Proper noun
Gallegos (plural Gallegoses)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallegos is the 486th 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
- a surname