Vail is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Vail
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Vail

How popular is Vail?

Vail is common in United States.

Vail is ranked 30330 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Vail bearers increased by 5.098586 per cent in 2010 US census to 10554 since 2000, the surname slipped by 115 spots and ranked at 3385. The last name was found in around 36 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.42 89.87
Hispanic or Latino 5.22 2.54
Black 4.94 4.85
Others 1.96 1.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.02 0.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.52
Vail is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guatemala is ahead in terms of density. Around 16577 people have been found who wears Vail as their family name. Vail is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
88,966 Czech Republic7
122,390 Belarus4
10,542 China4
14,078 Japan3
78,945 Argentina3
32,086 Mexico3
124,220 Italy2
723,167 Indonesia2
4,231 Jamaica2
118,441 Germany2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,771 Colombia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
16,283 Lithuania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
14,373 Jordan1
19,810 Croatia1
29,774 Venezuela1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
42,479 Greece1
53,505 Turkey1
3,350 Fiji1
49,101 Denmark1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
192,584 Russia48
20,906 Israel47
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
23,443 Norway26
186,451 Ukraine16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
11,769 New Zealand54
Countries with hundreds of Vail:
2,007 Guatemala677
12,051 England505
27,752 Philippines451
15,023 Australia178
61,459 France159
151,143 India112
Countries with thousands of Vail:
4,079 Canada1,117
Countries with ten thousands of Vail:
3,092 United States13,022
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Vail was 28 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 24, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Messenger from Galway. 26 years old Michael Vail, Michael Vail, aged 26, Immigrant Edward Vail, Workman James Vail, Mary Vail, aged 22, are other Vail that migrated to US.

Comments

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Keith Giuliani
Vail is a nickname that is a derivative of weil.

Vail Namesakes

  • Roger Vailland, Novelist
  • Amanda Vaill, Writer
  • John Vaillant, Writer
  • Cyrille Vaillancourt, Political figure
  • Ariana Vail, Film actress
  • Armand Vaillancourt, Artist
  • Arsène Vaillant, Soccer player
  • Arsène Vaillant, Soccer player
  • Brady Vail, Ice hockey player
  • Brett Vail, Film actor
  • In 2010, Laurel Vail portrayed the role of Toni Campari in comedy flick Leading Ladies.

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