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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 held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Báles, Baleš, Balès, Balés or Báleš. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bales? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 22,589^th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 303,029 people. Bales is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Bales are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bales is also the 326,442^nd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 648 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 18,246 people, or 1 in 19,865. In The United States Bales is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States it is found in 71 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent are found and Yemen, where 5 percent are found.

Bales Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Bales has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 9 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 429 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 28 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bales Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bales surname are 20.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.56% registered with the political 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.