Gal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Gal family

The surname Gal was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Gal family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gal research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1670, 1680, 1702, 1803, 1813 and 1818 are included under the topic Early Gal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gaal, Gaalon, Gal, Galag, Galama, Gabo, Galen, Gael, Gaël, Gall and many more.

Early Notables of the Gal family

More information is included under the topic Early Gal Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gal Ranking

In France, the name Gal is the 3,027^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Gal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose Gal, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1869 2
Juan Gal, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1878 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Gal (post 1700) +

Uziel "Uzi" Gal (1923-2002), born Gotthard Glas, a German-born Israeli gun designer, best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun
Minya Csaba Gál (b. 1985), Romanian rugby union footballer
Sándor Gál (1868-1937), Hungarian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1909 and 1910
Gal Costa (b. 1945), Brazilian pop singer

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)