Bales Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bales Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bales family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 143
Agricultural Labourer 84
Labourer 22
At Home 20
Servant 18
House Servant 16
Farm Labourer 13
Dress Maker 12
Shoe Maker 10
Pauper 7
Carpenter 7
Annuitant 7
Scholar At Home 7
House Keeper 6
General Servant 6
Errand Boy 6
Tailor 6
Straw Plaiter 5
The Children All At Home Cut Not Scholars 5
Laundress 5
Clerk 5
Coal Miner 4
Farmers Wife 4
Cook 4
Charwoman 4

Bales Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bales 100% 12,798
2 Beales 83% 9,083
3 Bayles 83% 8,632
4 Biles 80% 6,406
5 Bailes 83% 5,286
6 Blease 50% 4,040
7 Bayless 71% 3,487
8 Beals 60% 2,139
9 Bolas 60% 1,180
10 Bolus 60% 904
11 Boles 80% 901
12 Booles 67% 852
13 Beels 40% 736
14 Bools 40% 652
15 Blues 60% 492
16 Bailis 67% 392
17 Blois 40% 377
18 Blaise 33% 366
19 Bails 60% 338
20 Bailess 71% 301
21 Blais 40% 212
22 Balis 80% 190
23 Boules 67% 182
24 Boiles 67% 167
25 Balles 83% 162
26 Bouls 40% 103
27 Boils 40% 102

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The surname Bales is the most popular version of all its varients

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