Guales Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Guales Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guales Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras1371:64,3541,394
Ecuador331:481,99510,698
Venezuela251:1,208,16317,203
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Guales Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guales Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Guales occurs in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guales? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname Guales occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Guales are found; 62 percent are found in Central America and 62 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Honduras, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 64,354. In Honduras Guales is most common in: Copán Department, where 71 percent live, Colón Department, where 23 percent live and Bay Islands Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding Honduras this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 15 percent live and Venezuela, where 11 percent live.

Guales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Guales has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Guales last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guals9132/
Cuales832,521/
Quales83128/
Kuales8363/
Gualis8345/
Gualez838/
Gualls834/
Gwales832/
Gualís831/
Quailes7791/
Qualles7747/
Guallys777/
Gwailes774/
Gualech771/
Qualies771/
Qualeas771/
Quatles771/
Gvalesh771/
Qualess771/
Queales771/
Gwalese771/
Quayles770/
Quasles770/
Quals7340/
Gwals733/
Gualiche718/
Qualls6714,979/
Quails67145/
Gualix6756/
Qualis6745/
Gualliche679/
Cualis675/
Cualez675/
Qualys672/
Kualis672/
Gwalis671/
Qualse671/
Quoles671/
Kwales671/
Cuoles671/
Gbalsh671/
Gwalje671/
Kualls670/
Quaals670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 Guales
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