Gallus: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Ask a genealogist about Gallus and the first name they will mention is Gallo. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Rooster”. Before spelling was fixed, Gallo was also written Gallus. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Lo Gallo, Galo and Galliano.

The 2010 US Census counted 463 people named Gallus, ranking it number 46,037 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. French civil records give 113 births under the name Gallus from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1981–1990.

There is no single Gallus family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Gallus surname pack.