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    The surname Gales

    A surname, carried by 4,169 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G420

    Gales: #7,937 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gales #7,937, 4,169 people Gales: #7,937 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gales #7,937, 4,169 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gales is more common than 95.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,169 people named Gales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,057 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,703.

    #7,937
    rank among US surnames
    4,169
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,236)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,929Constant4,17373,986
    #7,932Basinger4,17174,022
    #7,933Desmarais4,17074,040
    #7,937Riccio4,16974,057
    #7,939Rutland4,16874,075
    #7,940Waddle4,16774,093

    Who is named Gales

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    51% of people named Gales identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Galess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eric Gales
      American guitarist, born 1974

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gales

    Gales has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gales?
    4,169 people in the United States had the surname Gales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,057 Americans. It ranked 7,937th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gales?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Gales identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gales?
    Eric Gales, American guitarist.
    Where is the surname Gales most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gales in the United States.
    Is the surname Gales getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,169 in 2010, up 13%.