# 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 (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
* Anna Maria Gallo (1715-1791), better known as Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Italian saint
* Albert Gallo aka Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr. (born June 6, 1930), gangster in the Genovese crime family of New York City, brother of Joe Gallo
* Andrea Gallo (1928–2013), Italian Roman Catholic priest
* Anthony Gallo (born 1965), American guitarist
* Armando Gallo (born 1944), Italian journalist and photographer
* Bill Gallo (1922–2011), cartoonist and columnist for the New York Daily News
* Carla Gallo (born 1975), American actress
* Dean Gallo (1935–1994), American congressman and businessman
* Diego Gallo (born 1982), Uruguayan swimmer
* Domenico Gallo (1730–c. 1768), Italian composer and violinist whose works are sometimes mistakenly attributed to Pergolesi.
* Ernest Gallo (1909–2007), American businessman, co-founder of E & J Gallo Winery
* Fortune Gallo (1878-1970), Italian-born American impresario of the San Carlo Opera Company
* George Gallo (born 1956), American film director, screen writer & producer, known for writing Midnight Run
* Joe Gallo aka Crazy Joe (1929–1972), gangster in the Colombo crime family of New York City, brother of Albert Gallo
* Joey Gallo (baseball) (born 1993), American professional baseball player
* Joseph Edward Gallo (1919–2007), American businessman, owner of cheese producer Joseph Gallo Farms, brother of Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo
* Joseph N. Gallo] (1912–1995), gangster and consigliere in the Gambino crime family of New York City
* Julio Gallo (1910–1993), American businessman, co-founder of E & J Gallo Winery
* Inigo Gallo (1932–2000), Swiss actor, radio personality, and playwright
* Marcia Gallo (born c. 1951), American historian and author
* Marielle Gallo (born 1949), French politician, Member of the European Parliament
* Mario Gallo (director) (1878–1945), Italian-born Argentine film director
* Mario Gallo (actor) (1923–1984), American film & television actor
* Max Gallo (1932–2017), French writer, historian, and politician, known for a series of novels based on the life of Napoleon
* Melissa Fumero née Gallo (born 1982), American actress
* River Gallo (born 1990 or 1991), Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist
* Robert Gallo (born 1937), American biomedical researcher, famous for the co-discovery of the HIV virus
* Ron Gallo (born 1992), American musician
* Samuel Sarfati known as Gallo (died 1519), physician to Pope Julius II
* Vincent Gallo (born 1961), American actor, director, writer, and producer
Fictional characters:
* 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