Gallant Family History
Gallant Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from
Old French, Middle English galant ‘bold’, ‘dashing’,
‘lively’. The meanings ‘gallant’ and ‘attentive to women’ are further
developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.French: variant spelling of
Galant, cognate with 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gallant Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gallant families
 133 - 264  45 - 132 |
 1 - 44  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gallant families
|
84 - 165 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gallant last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gallant census records
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Gallant Family Origin
Gallant Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gallant
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gallant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gallant census records
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Gallant Civil War Service Records
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