Bales Surname
Approximately 24,049 people bear this surname
Bales Surname Definition:
Bale’s (Son): v. Bale.
Bales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,246 | 1:19,865 | 2,501 |
| Philippines | 1,417 | 1:71,445 | 12,303 |
| Yemen | 1,140 | 1:23,180 | 2,352 |
| England | 991 | 1:56,224 | 6,805 |
| Australia | 478 | 1:56,476 | 6,885 |
| Canada | 463 | 1:79,580 | 8,905 |
| Germany | 389 | 1:206,955 | 23,572 |
| France | 246 | 1:270,011 | 41,577 |
| Brazil | 132 | 1:1,621,775 | 53,533 |
| South Africa | 93 | 1:582,556 | 44,854 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belize | 9 | 1:39,497 | 2,328 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,094 | 1:22,281 | 3,133 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:62,737 | 3,061 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,304 | 1:15,199 | 1,950 |
The alternate forms: Báles (33), Baleš (18), Balès (9), Balés (1) & Báleš (124) are calculated separately.
Bales (648) may also be a first name.
Bales Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bale’s (Son): v. Bale.
“Outer wall of castle” in old French. See Bailey.
A pluralization of Bale.
Bales Demographics
Average Bales Salary in
United States
$43,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bales Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bales (Arabic: باله, Hindi: बालेस, Marathi: बलेस, Oriya: ବାେଲସ, Russian: Балес) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Báles, Baleš, Balès, Balés or Báleš. Click here for further possible spellings of Bales.
How Common Is The Last Name Bales? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,589th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,029 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Bales live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bales is also the 326,442nd most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 648 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 18,246 people, or 1 in 19,865. In The United States Bales is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States Bales exists in 71 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 6 percent live and Yemen, where 5 percent live.
Bales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bales has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bales last name rose 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 9 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 429 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 28 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bales Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bales are 20.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.56% being registered with the party.
The amount Bales earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.51% more than the national average, earning R 390,936 per year; in United States they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning $43,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1% more than the national average, earning $50,181 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bales in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାେଲସ | baelasa | - |
| Bales in the Marathi language | ||
| बलेस | balesa | 80 |
| बाळेस | balesa | 10 |
| बालेस | balesa | 10 |
| Bales in the Hindi language | ||
| बालेस | balesa | 63.27 |
| बलेस | balesa | 36.73 |
| Bales in the Russian language | ||
| Балес | bales | - |
| Bales in the Arabic language | ||
| باله | balh | - |
| بالات | balat | - |
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Footnotes
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