Hailes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 1
Cambridgeshire 3
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 9
Devon 4
Durham 6
Essex 26
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 14
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 8
Kent 9
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 1
London 91
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 63
Northamptonshire 32
Nottinghamshire 3
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 26
Somerset 7
Surrey 13
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 14
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Hailes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hailes family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 20
Agricultural Labourer 20
Ag Labourer 9
Female Servant 8
Carpenter 6
Farmer 5
Male Servant 4
Shoe Maker 4
Draper 3
Book Seller 3
Dressmaker 2
Pupil 2
Sawyer 2
Weaver 2
Gardener 2
Butcher 2
Paper Hanger 2
Mason 2
Clerk 2
Private 1
Miner Copper 1
Cordwainer 1
Publican 1
Furniture Broker 1
Ag Lab 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hailes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hailes 295
John Hailes 247
William Hailes 247
Elizabeth Hailes 147
Sarah Hailes 137
Thomas Hailes 137
George Hailes 121
James Hailes 119
Charles Hailes 90
Ann Hailes 78
Joseph Hailes 74
Henry Hailes 67
Jane Hailes 67
Margaret Hailes 65
Robert Hailes 65
Eliza Hailes 54
Annie Hailes 50
Emma Hailes 47
Ellen Hailes 46
Richard Hailes 46
Alfred Hailes 44
Martha Hailes 43
Edward Hailes 40
Alice Hailes 39
Isabella Hailes 38

Hailes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hales 83% 31,923
2 Hulse 33% 11,819
3 Hiles 83% 6,837
4 Hayles 83% 6,172
5 Halse 50% 3,939
6 Hailes 100% 3,761
7 Hails 83% 2,761
8 Heales 67% 2,020
9 Holes 67% 1,634
10 Heels 50% 974
11 Heelis 50% 890
12 Heelas 50% 715
13 Heals 50% 462
14 Hoiles 83% 462
15 Halles 83% 304
16 Hules 67% 220
17 Heeles 67% 200
18 Hils 67% 166
19 Hols 50% 161
20 Hals 67% 160
21 Hooles 67% 143
22 Hayls 67% 131
23 Healas 50% 119
24 Helas 50% 118
25 Halis 67% 110
26 Heles 67% 108

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The surname Hailes is the 6th most popular variant of Hales.

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