How common is the surname Gile?

2,660 people in the United States had the surname Gile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. It ranked 11,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gile?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gile getting more or less common?

More common. 2,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,660 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Gile

A surname, carried by 2,660 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gile is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,660 people named Gile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,562.

#11,781

rank among US surnames

2,660

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,778	Crimmins	2,661	116,026
#11,781	Saha	2,660	116,070
#11,783	Robeson	2,659	116,113
#11,789	Sweigart	2,658	116,157

Who is named Gile

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

90% of people named Gile identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gile

Gile 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 Gile?: 2,660 people in the United States had the surname Gile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,070 Americans. It ranked 11,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gile?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gile getting more or less common?: More common. 2,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,660 in 2010, up 3.8%.