Gallina

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina. === Proper noun === Gallina (plural Gallinas) A surname from Italian. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallina is the 17005th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1671 individuals. Gallina is most common among White (93.48%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gallina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8. === Anagrams === Gallian, Lingala, gallian, la-la-ing == Italian == === Etymology === From gallina (“hen”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for someone who had a henhouse. Otherwise – with the same explanation – an adapted borrowing from Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina. === Proper noun === Gallina m or f by sense a surname