# Gale (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,866 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,296 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,460 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (15,193 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gale 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gale in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Barbados.

## People named Gale

- Zona Gale, American author and playwright (1874-1938)
- Bob Gale, American screenwriter, producer and film director
- Tristan Gale, American skeleton racer
- Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
- Megan Gale, Australian model (born 1975)
- David Gale, American mathematician (1921–2008)
- Richard Nelson Gale, British Army World War II general (1896–1982)
- Ed Gale, American actor
- June Gale, American actress (1911-1996)
- Eric Gale, American jazz guitarist (1938–1994)
- Jean Gale, American vaudeville performer (1912–1974)
- Thierry Gale, association football player

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gallo, Gall, Gayle, Gaul, Gailey, Galli, Galle, Galo, Galey, Gál, Galley, Gala.

## 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.