Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: carmela
Gallo's are heavy in Sicily. More particular are the Bruno-Gallo's (double barrel surname), prominent in Realmonte, Agrigento, Sicily.

Calabria, too. Mostly around Reggio, but I've also seen them in Cosenza. There are also a lot of properties and businesses around the Port of Reggio with the name Gallo. I think it's one of those Italian names that carried throughout the entire country.

I also remember reading an article awhile back about the most common Italian names in America. Russo and Gallo were right near the top.


A great site for investigating Italian surnames is http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html

I edited my previous remark where I listed all the towns in Campania, Calabria, and Siciliy with Gallo's. To make a long story short, the name is incredibly common in all three provinces, plus it does occur in Potenza (Basilicata) with a fairly high incidence of 98 people

Last edited by dominic_calabrese; 11/03/14 03:04 PM.