# Cagle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cagle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,647 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,039 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,496 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (17,380 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Americanized form of German Kagel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cagle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cagle in the United States.

## People named Cagle

- Yvonne Cagle, African American astronaut
- Harold Cagle, American sprinter (1913-1977)
- Chris Cagle, American musician

## Similar surnames

Casale, Cecil, Caswell, Cassell, Coakley, Cassel, Casella, Cogswell, Chesley, Cowgill, Cissell, Chagolla.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.