Vales Surname
Approximately 15,854 people bear this surname
Vales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3,121 | 1:68,592 | 2,548 |
| Philippines | 3,021 | 1:33,511 | 5,001 |
| United States | 2,197 | 1:164,979 | 16,753 |
| Spain | 1,508 | 1:31,003 | 3,142 |
| India | 1,080 | 1:710,246 | 32,819 |
| France | 984 | 1:67,503 | 9,341 |
| Mexico | 814 | 1:152,489 | 4,680 |
| Argentina | 704 | 1:60,715 | 5,173 |
| Portugal | 613 | 1:16,995 | 1,242 |
| Haiti | 280 | 1:38,157 | 2,519 |
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| Peru | 227 | 1:140,018 | 7,690 |
| Dominican Republic | 177 | 1:58,943 | 2,908 |
| Venezuela | 105 | 1:287,658 | 6,746 |
| Canada | 88 | 1:418,700 | 36,754 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Uruguay | 80 | 1:42,897 | 4,883 |
| Austria | 63 | 1:135,166 | 18,435 |
| Cuba | 59 | 1:195,300 | 4,188 |
| Czechia | 44 | 1:241,670 | 33,051 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Andorra | 18 | 1:4,658 | 913 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Puerto Rico | 15 | 1:236,676 | 2,394 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:677,094 | 32,515 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85 | 1:590,808 | 39,807 |
The alternate forms: Valeš (1,495), Valès (17) & Valés (5) are calculated separately.
Vales (431) may also be a first name.
Vales Demographics
Average Male Vales Height
174.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Vales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vales (Hindi: वालेस, Marathi: वालेस, Russian: Валес) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found as a variant: Valeš, Valès or Valés. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vales? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,503rd most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 459,666 people. The last name Vales occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Vales live; 27 percent live in South America and 20 percent live in Luso-South America. Vales is also the 413,409th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 431 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 3,121 people, or 1 in 68,592. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Pará, where 21 percent reside, Amazonas, where 16 percent reside and Amapá, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 76 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Vales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vales has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vales last name rose 2,585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 231 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vales Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Vales last name are 38.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.61% registered with the political party.
The amount Vales earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 8.8% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,680 per year; in Colombia they earn 65.72% less than the national average, earning $7,781,990 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.92% more than the national average, earning $45,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $46,700 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vales in the Hindi language | ||
| वालेस | valesa | 87.5 |
| वलेस | valesa | 12.5 |
| Vales in the Marathi language | ||
| वालेस | valesa | 62.96 |
| वािलस | vailasa | 14.81 |
| वालीस | valisa | 14.81 |
| वलेस | valesa | 7.41 |
| Vales in the Russian language | ||
| Валес | vales | - |
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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
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