Gail Forename
2,046th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 493,613 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Gail Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 360,358 | 1:1,006 | 219 |
| Canada | 100% | 40,120 | 1:826 | 178 |
| England | 100% | 38,851 | 1:1,431 | 278 |
| South Africa | 100% | 15,216 | 1:3,584 | 693 |
| Australia | - | 10,684 | 1:1,278 | 270 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6,484 | 1:825 | 173 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,814 | 1:942 | 221 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,061 | 1:1,011 | 237 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,745 | 1:780 | 112 |
| Philippines | 74% | 1,729 | 1:61,313 | 4,141 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 628 | 1:2,935 | 412 |
| Ireland | 100% | 623 | 1:7,453 | 611 |
| Jamaica | - | 533 | 1:5,409 | 828 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 451 | 1:34,199 | 3,294 |
| Guyana | 100% | 438 | 1:1,743 | 328 |
| Barbados | - | 425 | 1:682 | 156 |
| India | 86% | 419 | 1:2,899,470 | 133,613 |
| Egypt | 100% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 328 | 1:51,531 | 3,485 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 327 | 1:260 | 92 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Bahamas | - | 142 | 1:2,812 | 561 |
| Portugal | - | 138 | 1:75,441 | 2,229 |
| Germany | 98% | 137 | 1:705,678 | 6,432 |
| France | 92% | 135 | 1:492,373 | 5,348 |
| Mexico | 66% | 110 | 1:1,128,586 | 8,690 |
| Bermuda | - | 107 | 1:606 | 108 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 106 | 1:1,035 | 213 |
| Kenya | - | 104 | 1:445,261 | 13,070 |
| Thailand | 100% | 104 | 1:673,710 | 28,666 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Singapore | 86% | 87 | 1:72,265 | 7,011 |
| China | - | 85 | 1:16,071,244 | 60,092 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Belize | 100% | 83 | 1:4,269 | 893 |
| Brazil | 100% | 79 | 1:2,711,850 | 51,856 |
| Spain | 100% | 74 | 1:628,783 | 7,089 |
| Jersey | - | 70 | 1:1,428 | 298 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 68 | 1:447,793 | 20,200 |
| Chile | 94% | 66 | 1:266,776 | 4,278 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 66 | 1:124,447 | 3,582 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Peru | 56% | 64 | 1:496,741 | 8,877 |
| Indonesia | - | 63 | 1:4,094,661 | 171,955 |
| Namibia | - | 63 | 1:38,162 | 2,659 |
| Sweden | 98% | 60 | 1:164,298 | 6,117 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 55 | 1:148,224 | 13,009 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 52 | 1:580,806 | 14,827 |
| Italy | 99% | 49 | 1:1,246,165 | 10,159 |
| Qatar | 97% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95% | 47 | 1:2,374 | 451 |
| Grenada | 100% | 40 | 1:2,703 | 535 |
| Norway | 100% | 39 | 1:131,598 | 3,847 |
| Guernsey | - | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Colombia | 100% | 33 | 1:1,447,846 | 14,049 |
| Belgium | 100% | 31 | 1:370,646 | 6,815 |
| Panama | 100% | 31 | 1:126,018 | 5,723 |
| Hong Kong | - | 30 | 1:258,424 | 3,493 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 30 | 1:5,927 | 952 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 27 | 1:880,359 | 36,323 |
| Austria | 100% | 26 | 1:327,469 | 3,747 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,250 | 294 |
| Ecuador | - | 25 | 1:709,077 | 6,440 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 25 | 1:7,102,574 | 96,430 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Pakistan | 69% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Russia | 73% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| South Korea | - | 15 | 1:369,628 | 10,743 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Liberia | 75% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Georgia | - | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Finland | 56% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Oman | 100% | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 81% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Gaïl (4) are calculated separately.
Gail (6,000) may also be a surname.
Gail Forename Popularity
Gail Demographics
Gail Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 80,380 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Gail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gail in the Russian language | ||
| Гаиль | gail | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gail