Tales Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Tales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 349 | 1:86,545 | 3,377 |
| Haiti | 306 | 1:34,915 | 2,392 |
| France | 168 | 1:395,373 | 58,261 |
| Philippines | 148 | 1:684,042 | 70,291 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 73 | 1:333,909 | 21,641 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
The alternate forms: Talès (1) are calculated separately.
Tales (13,277) may also be a first name.
Tales Demographics
Average Tales Salary in
United States
$57,391 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tales (Georgian: თალეს) has its highest incidence in Venezuela. It can also occur as: Talès. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tales? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tales is the 269,054th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,025,894 people. The surname Tales is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Tales reside; 31 percent reside in South America and 24 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Tales is also the 50,544th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 13,277 people.
It is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 349 people, or 1 in 86,545. In Venezuela it is mostly concentrated in: Zulia, where 63 percent reside, Mérida, where 17 percent reside and Aragua, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Venezuela Tales is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 21 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.
Tales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tales has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Tales last name increased 104 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 18 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tales Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tales are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tales earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.35% less than the national average, earning R 91,848 per year; in United States they earn 33.01% more than the national average, earning $57,391 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.26% less than the national average, earning $45,580 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tales in the Georgian language | ||
| თალეს | tales | - |
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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 Tales
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