Gallagher Family History
Gallagher Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair
‘descendant of Gallchobhar’, a personal name from the elements
gall ‘strange’, ‘foreign’ + cabhair ‘help’,
‘support’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gallagher Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gallagher families
 1,393 - 2,783  465 - 1,392 |
 1 - 464  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gallagher families
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940 - 1,878 314 - 939 |
1 - 313 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gallagher families
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302 - 602 101 - 301 |
1 - 100 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gallagher Family Origin
Gallagher Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gallagher
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Gallagher Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Gallagher Civil War Service Records
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