Popularity of the last name by country
Czech republic
- Kralovehradecky (83)
- Jihomoravsky (22)
- Jihocesky (10)
- Pardubicky (8)
- Praha (4)
- Liberecky (2)
- Moravskoslezsky (2)
- Ustecky (2)
- Stredocesky (1)
- Zlinsky (1)
All countries
- France (1,008,199)
- Hungary (24,532)
- United Kingdom (22,940)
- Germany (16,055)
- Austria (14,578)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (9,430)
- United States (8,915)
- Netherlands (3,680)
- Czech republic (2,707)
- Australia (1,796)
- Romania (1,665)
- Switzerland (1,417)
- New Zealand (1,082)
- Sweden (1,080)
- Denmark (1,039)
- Ireland (978)
- Spain (741)
- Finland (685)
- Algeria (626)
- Canada (558)
- Belgium (552)
- Russian Federation (491)
- Poland (316)
- Italy (285)
- New Caledonia (275)
- Morocco (162)
- Viet Nam (152)
- Unknown country (139)
- Ukraine (138)
- Latvia (124)
- Barbados (103)
- Guadeloupe (99)
- Brazil (91)
- Tunisia (87)
- Martinique (74)
- Madagascar (47)
- Réunion (42)
- Slovenia (42)
- Luxembourg (39)
- Egypt (38)
Origine of last name
GALL : 1: Scottish Welsh and Irish: nickname from Celtic gall ‘foreigner stranger’ a word found in Irish Gaelic and Breton. In the Scottish Highlands the Gaelic term gall was applied to people from the English-speaking lowlands and to Scandinavians; in Ireland the same term was applied to settlers who arrived from Wales and England in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century. This surname is also found at an early date in Lincolnshire where it apparently has a Breton origin (compare 4 below and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Legall">Legall</a>) having been introduced by Breton followers of the Norman Conquerors.2: English (of Norman origin): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gale">Gale</a>.3: French German Danish Polish and Czech; Slovak (mainly Gáll); Hungarian (Gáll): from the Latin personal name Gallus originally a Roman surname meaning ‘Gaul’ or ‘rooster’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gallo">Gallo</a> 2). The name was widespread in Europe during the Middle Ages in central Europe largelly due to the cult of a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary Saint Gall whose name Latinized as Gallus is presumably of Celtic origin (see 1 above). Among other things Saint Gall established a Christian settlement to the south of Lake Constance which became the monastery later known as St. Gallen. The Latin(ized) name Gallus was taken into Czech as <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Havel">Havel</a> into Polish as Gaweł (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gawel">Gawel</a>) into Slovak and Hungarian as Gál (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gal">Gal</a>) and into Slovenian and Croatian as <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gal">Gal</a>.4: Breton (mainly Finistère; mainly Le Gall): cognate of 1 above; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Legall">Legall</a>. It may however also be a cognate of 3 above especially when not formed with the French masculine definite article le.
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