Find out how popular the last name Barbagallo is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Barbagallo.

Barbagallo, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Barbagallo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barbagallo in America

Barbagallo is the 25935th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barbagallo surname appeared 947 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Barbagallo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barbagallo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Barbagallo

The surname Barbagallo has its origins in Italy, specifically in the regions of Sicily and Calabria. It is believed to have originated in the late Middle Ages or the early Renaissance period, around the 15th or 16th century.

The name Barbagallo is thought to be derived from the Italian word "barba," meaning beard, and the word "gallo," which can refer to either a rooster or the French region of Gaul. One theory suggests that the name may have been given to someone with a particularly prominent beard, or it could have been used to describe someone from the region of Gaul who had a beard.

Records from the 16th and 17th centuries show that the Barbagallo surname was present in various parts of Sicily and Calabria. In the town of Palermo, Sicily, there are mentions of a noble family with the surname Barbagallo in documents from the 1600s.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Barbagallo was Giuseppe Barbagallo, a philosopher and writer who lived in Sicily in the late 17th century (1658-1721). Another notable figure was Camillo Barbagallo (1740-1810), an Italian painter and engraver from Palermo.

In the 19th century, the name appears in historical records associated with several Sicilian scholars and intellectuals, such as Corrado Barbagallo (1877-1952), a historian and university professor, and Francesco Barbagallo (1865-1944), a lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Italian parliament.

Another prominent individual with the surname was Domenico Barbagallo (1901-1976), an Italian lawyer and politician who served as the President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly in the 1950s and 1960s.

The name Barbagallo has also been linked to specific locations in Sicily and Calabria, such as the town of Barbagallo in the province of Catania, Sicily, and the village of Barbagallo in the province of Reggio Calabria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barbagallo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Barbagallo.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Barbagallo was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Barbagallo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Barbagallo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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