How common is the surname Gentle?

2,696 people in the United States had the surname Gentle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,520 Americans. It ranked 11,627th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gentle?

James Gentle, American soccer player (1904-1986), followed by Ashleigh Gentle.

Where is the surname Gentle most common?

Wikidata records people named Gentle in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Gentle getting more or less common?

More common. 2,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,696 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Gentle

A surname, carried by 2,696 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gentle is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,696 people named Gentle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,520 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,378.

#11,627

rank among US surnames

2,696

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,045)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393
#11,624	Johansson	2,698	114,435
#11,626	Morlan	2,697	114,477
#11,627	Gaxiola	2,696	114,520
#11,631	Witten	2,695	114,562

Who is named Gentle

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

68% of people named Gentle identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gentles

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Gentle
American soccer player (1904-1986)
Ashleigh Gentle
Australian triathlete, born 1991
Alice Gentle
American opera singer, 1885–1958

Notable Gentles come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gentle

Gentile

Gentle has the Soundex code G534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G534.

Questions

How common is the surname Gentle?: 2,696 people in the United States had the surname Gentle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,520 Americans. It ranked 11,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gentle?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Gentle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gentle?: James Gentle, American soccer player (1904-1986), followed by Ashleigh Gentle.
Where is the surname Gentle most common?: Wikidata records people named Gentle in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Gentle getting more or less common?: More common. 2,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,696 in 2010, up 13%.