How rare is the last name Vail?

10,096 people in the United States have the last name Vail, about 1 in 29,606. It ranks #3,456 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

VAIL

#3,456

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,096
About
1 in 29,606
This common or more
54.2%
Who bears it

Of the 10,096 people with the last name Vail, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Vail

#3,454 Nagle · 10,101#3,455 Crider · 10,098#3,457 Ingle · 10,087#3,458 Koontz · 10,084

Spelled almost the same

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

#27,777 Vaile · 918#28,526 Val · 889#60,024 Vahl · 363#67,004 Vall · 318#67,846 Vaal · 313#94,341 Vaill · 208

Also a first name

As a first name, Vail ranks #18,182 of 53,615, with 595 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2018, with 59 births. See Vail as a first name

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