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    The surname Gayles

    A surname, carried by 1,300 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G420

    Gayles: #20,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gayles #20,434, 1,300 people Gayles: #20,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gayles #20,434, 1,300 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gayles is more common than 87.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,300 people named Gayles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,192.

    #20,434
    rank among US surnames
    1,300
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,642)

    Who is named Gayles

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

    86% of people named Gayles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 5.8% as two or more races and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Two or more races 5.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gayles

    Gayles 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 Gayles?
    1,300 people in the United States had the surname Gayles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gayles?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Gayles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Gayles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 9.1%.