Last Name GALE

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Meaning	Local: At the goal, from residence thereby. A Gael or Scot; a stranger. Fingal, the white stranger, Dugal, the black stranger, alluding to the complexion or color of the hair. The root of Gall, or Gaul, is 'Hal,' the sun, from which we have 'Gal,' 'Gel,' 'Gl,' brilliant, bright, glorious. Welsh, 'haul,' Cornish British, 'houl,' the sun. 'Ge,' brilliant, and 'haul;' 'Gehaul,' Gaul, the ancient name of France - still called "'sunny' France."

Origin	English, Gaelic, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian, Somali, Guam

Rank	2,197 (2000 US census)	2,228 (1990 US census)

Count	15,193 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.14%, or 12935 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.2%, or 1398 total occurrences, as black,
0.9%, or 137 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.74%, or 112 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 254 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.35%, or 357 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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