How common is the surname Gayle?

7,916 people in the United States had the surname Gayle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,003 Americans. It ranked 4,481st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Gayle?

Gayle is /ɡeɪl/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gayle getting more or less common?

More common. 6,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,916 in 2010, up 18%.

Is Gayle also a first name?

Yes. Gayle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gayle

A surname, carried by 7,916 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡeɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex G400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gayle is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,916 people named Gayle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,003 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,712.

#4,481

rank among US surnames

7,916

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+17.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,808)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,472	Haddock	7,940	38,885
#4,473	Appel	7,938	38,895
#4,474	Rupert	7,936	38,904
#4,475	McInnis	7,933	38,919
#4,476	Alam	7,932	38,924
#4,477	Buxton	7,925	38,958
#4,478	Chestnut	7,924	38,963

Who is named Gayle

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

61% of people named Gayle identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
White (not Hispanic) 31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gayle

Gayle has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

How common is the surname Gayle?: 7,916 people in the United States had the surname Gayle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,003 Americans. It ranked 4,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gayle?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Gayle identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Gayle?: Gayle is /ɡeɪl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gayle getting more or less common?: More common. 6,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,916 in 2010, up 18%.
Is Gayle also a first name?: Yes. Gayle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.