Gayle Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 14

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gayle Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gayle family

Profession Census Frequency
Shop Assistant 1
Ag Lab 1
Ironer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Pocket Knife Cutter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gayle

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gayle 12
William Gayle 10
Ann Gayle 8
Elizabeth Gayle 8
Ellen Gayle 7
George Gayle 6
John Gayle 6
Charles Gayle 4
Robert Gayle 4
Thomas Gayle 4
Annie Gayle 3
Emma Gayle 3
James Gayle 3
Abraham Gayle 2
Arthur Gayle 2
Eleanor Gayle 2
Hannah Gayle 2
Harriet Gayle 2
Henry Gayle 2
Jane Gayle 2
Samuel Gayle 2
Albert Gayle 1
Amelia Gayle 1
Anslow Gayle 1
Christopher Gayle 1

Gayle Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gale 80% 62,737
2 Gail 60% 337
3 Galle 80% 164
4 Gyle 80% 130
5 Gayle 100% 120

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The surname Gayle is the 5th most popular variant of Gale.

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