Fales is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fales
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Fale, a river of Cornwall, England. Also, a rough, rocky place

How popular is Fales?

Fales is common in United States.

Fales is ranked 99419 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fales bearers increased by 1.886035 per cent in 2010 US census to 2539 since 2000, the surname slipped by 680 spots and ranked at 12250. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.07 94.74
Hispanic or Latino 3.39 1.73
Others 1.5 1.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.79 0.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.56
Black 0.55 1.12
Fales is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ukraine is ahead in terms of density. Around 4220 people have been found who wears Fales as their family name. Fales is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
122,390 Belarus4
201,317 England2
58,885 Poland1
151,601 Spain1
15,705 Cameroon1
34,581 Chile1
277,603 France1
153,416 Italy1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
279,271 Australia1
17,575 Kuwait1
11,923 Slovenia1
56,169 Mexico1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
198,575 Russia46
45,241 Czech Republic25
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Fales:
10,744 Tanzania438
13,466 Ukraine423
50,045 Indonesia185
Countries with thousands of Fales:
11,997 United States2,963
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer John Fales and farmer William Fales from Ireland aboard the Peltona from Liverpool during the Irish famine. John is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 14, 1847.

Fales Namesakes

  • Ludovica Fales, Film director
  • Susan Fales-Hill, Television producer
  • Steffan Falesitch, Sound Editor
  • In 2011, Lauren Fales portrayed the role of Grace in drama movie Maria My Love.

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