Bales Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 33
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 59
Devon 18
Dorset 4
Durham 55
Essex 80
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 34
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 3
Kent 74
Lancashire 168
Leicestershire 37
Lincolnshire 40
London 374
Middlesex 56
Northumberland 45
Norfolk 373
Northamptonshire 26
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 22
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 13
Suffolk 43
Somerset 43
Surrey 42
Sussex 33
Staffordshire 109
Warwickshire 96
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 30
Yorkshire 180

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 7
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bales Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bales family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 384
Agricultural Labourer 57
Domestic Servant 23
General Labourer 23
Labourer 22
Dress Maker 19
Laundress 19
Living On Own Means 13
Farmer 11
Carpenter 11
General Servant Domestic 10
Cotton Weaver 10
General Servant 10
Living On Her Own Means 9
Coal Miner 9
Farm Labourer 9
Clerk 9
Shoe Maker 8
Gardener 8
House Keeper 8
Charwoman 7
Blacksmith 6
Iron Moulder 6
Butcher 5
Draper Assistant 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Bales

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bales 906
William Bales 868
John Bales 798
Elizabeth Bales 549
Sarah Bales 462
George Bales 450
James Bales 450
Thomas Bales 411
Henry Bales 284
Ann Bales 267
Charles Bales 227
Robert Bales 225
Joseph Bales 223
Eliza Bales 210
Jane Bales 207
Emma Bales 186
Alice Bales 182
Ellen Bales 175
Frederick Bales 173
Edward Bales 157
Hannah Bales 134
Martha Bales 126
Annie Bales 119
Harriet Bales 114
Maria Bales 114

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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