How common is the last name Gale?

14,988 people in the United States have the last name Gale, about 1 in 19,943. It ranks #2,378 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GALE

#2,378

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,988
About
1 in 19,943
This common or more
49.8%
Who bears it

Of the 14,988 people with the last name Gale, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 9.5% as Black and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gale

#2,376 Burr · 14,993#2,376 Hutson · 14,993#2,379 Bruner · 14,972#2,380 Alves · 14,971

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gale, most common first.

#4,148 Gayle · 8,282#4,202 Gall · 8,167#14,931 Galle · 1,902#15,014 Galo · 1,889#16,978 Gal · 1,636#20,595 Gala · 1,303#21,812 Galey · 1,216#23,348 Gali · 1,123

Also a first name

As a first name, Gale ranks #1,494 of 53,615, with 22,462 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 1,364 births. See Gale as a first name

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