Gallacher is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gallacher
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gallacher

How popular is Gallacher?

Gallacher is common in United States.

Gallacher is ranked 44391 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gallachers plummeted by 16.12903 per cent to 650 since 2000 and slipped by 5870 spots and ranked at 34758. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.38 96.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.16
Others 1.08 1.16
Gallacher is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Scotland which signifies that it is originated from Scotland. Around 10876 people have been found who wears Gallacher as their family name. Gallacher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
184,212 France3
14,054 China3
90,215 Germany3
65,594 Belgium2
26,123 Malaysia2
23,344 Austria2
1,777 Jersey2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,118 Isle of Man2
18,718 Thailand2
723,167 Indonesia2
29,046 Japan1
56,169 Mexico1
10,683 Cyprus1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,859 Iraq1
7,292 Vietnam1
24,176 Qatar1
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
1,818 Guernsey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
45,082 Spain45
23,537 Switzerland45
8,504 Ireland33
57,220 Netherlands27
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
2,536 Northern Ireland83
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Gallacher:
4,579 Australia655
6,508 Canada654
13,663 South Africa457
3,094 Wales124
44,861 Argentina105
7,009 New Zealand104
Countries with thousands of Gallacher:
196 Scotland3,708
2,353 England3,388
26,311 United States1,162
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Domonick Gallacher from Great Britain aboard the Brooksby from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in USA on April 2, 1849. Immigrant Rose Gallacher, 20 years old Owen Gallacher, George Gallacher, aged 18, Spinster Ann Gallacher, 18 years old George Gallacher, Neill Gallacher (45) Shoemaker, Mary Gallacher, aged 24, Margt. Gallacher, and 20 other Gallacher around 75% of whom were workman migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool, Greenock and Londonderry.

Gallacher Namesakes

  • Ally Gallacher, Soccer player
  • Chloe-Allyn Gallacher, Film actress
  • Willie Gallacher, Scottish member of Parliament
  • Kirsty Gallacher, Television presenter
  • Liz Gallacher, Film Score Composer
  • Bernie Gallacher, Soccer player
  • Brigid Gallacher, Actress
  • Liz Gallacher, Film Score Composer
  • William Gallacher, Soccer player
  • Cathryn Gallacher, Author

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