Gales is used as a family name or surname in Romania. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gales
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Romania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gales

How popular is Gales?

Gales is common in Romania.

Gales is ranked 38374 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Galeses grew by 12.58439 per cent to 4169 since 2000 and ranked 7937 after elevating 299 spots. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 51.09 52.52
White 39.96 41.26
Hispanic or Latino 4.08 2.73
Others 2.93 2.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.51 0.76
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.68
Gales is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 12805 people have been found who wears Gales as their family name. Gales is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
9,053 Senegal5
20,541 Peru3
67,494 South Africa3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
12,161 Wales2
18,035 Egypt2
19,046 Ireland2
14,621 Croatia2
14,521 Portugal2
34,572 Israel2
17,547 Colombia2
30,360 Thailand1
38,830 Morocco1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
34,581 Chile1
7,191 Afghanistan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
90,903 Moldova1
11,831 Tajikistan1
6,033 Benin1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,309 Monaco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
23,537 Switzerland45
37,591 Belgium37
227,902 Russia37
214,459 Indonesia30
8,720 Qatar29
153,005 Ukraine22
18,457 Scotland20
1,163 Jersey17
64,976 Belarus13
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
631 Luxembourg79
35,569 Netherlands62
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Gales:
10,028 France906
11,426 England543
15,781 Argentina343
36,063 Brazil318
15,020 Canada249
43,536 Germany235
14,163 Australia191
19,046 Mexico183
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
9,538 Venezuela151
23,639 Spain118
Countries with thousands of Gales:
8,855 United States4,192
3,522 Philippines3,673
2,388 Romania1,002
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edw. Gales worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 41 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Liberty and arrived on May 21, 1849.

Gales Namesakes

  • Larry Gales, Musical Artist
  • Larry Gales, Musical Artist
  • Dion Gales, Football player
  • Goran Galešić, Soccer player
  • Erwin Galeski, Soccer player
  • Jean-Marc Gales, Businessperson
  • Kennady Gales, Spenser Gales' sister
  • Zelg Galešić, Mixed martial artist
  • Sage Galesi, Actress
  • Larry Gales, Musical Artist

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