How common is the surname Nale?

1,912 people in the United States had the surname Nale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nale getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Nale

A surname, carried by 1,912 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nale is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,912 people named Nale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,960.

#15,340

rank among US surnames

1,912

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,340	Mungia	1,912	161,478
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562

Who is named Nale

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

89% of people named Nale identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
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 Nale

Nale has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

Questions

How common is the surname Nale?: 1,912 people in the United States had the surname Nale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nale?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Nale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nale getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 2.4%.