Gallear is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gallear
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Gallear is variant form of Gaylor. A jail keeper or turnkey.

A variation of Galer. A jail keeper or turnkey.

Family name Gallear is a variant of the Gaylord. The gay or blithe person; descendant of Gaillard meaning "gay".

Surname Gallear is a variant of Galer. See Gaylord - Has no reference to aristocratical gaieties, but means simply jovial or jolly." See Wright's Chaucer, 4364 :
A prentys dwelled whilom in our citee,
And of the craft of vitaillers was he;
Gaylard he was as goldfynche in a schawe,
Brown as a bery, and a proper felawe."

Gaillard, as a family name, is well known in Normandy, and is borne as an affix by the Château -Gaillard, and by Gaillard-Bois, two communes in the arrondissement of Andeli.

The is a form of Gaylord. Has no reference to aristocratical gaieties, but means simply jovial or jolly." See Wright's Chaucer, 4364 :
A prentys dwelled whilom in our citee,
And of the craft of vitaillers was he;
Gaylard he was as goldfynche in a schawe,
Brown as a bery, and a proper felawe."

Gaillard, as a family name, is well known in Normandy, and is borne as an affix by the Château -Gaillard, and by Gaillard-Bois, two communes in the arrondissement of Andeli.

How popular is Gallear?

Gallear is common in England.

Gallear is ranked 580676 on our list.

Gallear is a very rare family name, few people in England and Wales have the last name. Around 540 people have been found who wears Gallear as their family name. Few people around the world have Gallear as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Gallear:
12,837 England431
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
288,760 United States61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,545 Wales28
93,242 Australia13

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