How common is the surname Quayle?

1,539 people in the United States had the surname Quayle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Quayle?

Anthony Quayle, British actor (1913–1989), followed by Ben Quayle.

Where is the surname Quayle most common?

Wikidata records people named Quayle in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Quayle getting more or less common?

More common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Quayle

A Manx nickname surname, carried by 1,539 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Q400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quayle is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

Manx origin

From a Manx form of McPhail (also compare Fayle). Also an English nickname from the quail bird.

Quayle is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,539 people named Quayle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,466.

#18,098

rank among US surnames

1,539

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #17,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614
#18,106	Chumbley	1,538	200,745

Who is named Quayle

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

93% of people named Quayle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Quayles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Quayle
British actor (1913–1989)
Ben Quayle
American politician, born 1976

Notable Quayles come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Quayle

Quayle has the Soundex code Q400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q400.

Questions

Where does the surname Quayle come from?: From a Manx form of McPhail (also compare Fayle). Also an English nickname from the quail bird.
How common is the surname Quayle?: 1,539 people in the United States had the surname Quayle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quayle?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Quayle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Quayle?: Anthony Quayle, British actor (1913–1989), followed by Ben Quayle.
Where is the surname Quayle most common?: Wikidata records people named Quayle in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Quayle?: Quayle is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Quayle getting more or less common?: More common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 5.0%.