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The Gale surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,866 people carried this name — #2,296 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 15,193 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 195 people named Gale live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 167
City of Buenos Aires 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Gale live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 29
St. Gallen 9
Zurich 6
Bern 5
Ticino 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Gale.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Paris 6
Landes 5
Val-de-Marne 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Oise 1
Nièvre 1
Moselle 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Gale in American newspapers,
1923.

Newspaper page from The Pickens Sentinel carrying the name Gale
The Pickens Sentinel 1923-03-15
Newspaper page from The Hazard Herald carrying the name Gale
The Hazard Herald 1923-04-06
Newspaper page from The Pickens Sentinel carrying the name Gale
The Pickens Sentinel 1923-02-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,064,156 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gale,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Parnell Gale d. 1818 · politician
  • Levin Gale d. 1832
  • Berkeley Gale d. 1953
  • Margaret Gale d. 1831
  • Victoria A. Gale d. 1928
  • Walter A. Gale d. 1927

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gale.

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