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

Family Name / Last Name: Hales
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: From a village in Gloucestershire, and also a town in Norfolk, England. In Cornish British, it signifies low, level lands washed by a river or the sea; a moor. Playfair says, "The word Hales is a compound one, being formed of the Saxon Hale or Heile, strong, healthy, and ley, etc. Others derive it from Saxon Halig meaning holy

How popular is Hales?

Hales is common in Canada.

Hales is ranked 20883 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hales bearers increased by 8.007233 per cent in 2010 US census to 8363 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2 spots and ranked at 4240. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.53 86.54
Black 9.59 9.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.55
Others 1.39 1.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.32
Hales is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 24783 people have been found who wears Hales as their family name. Hales is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
13,220 Thailand6
10,542 China4
8,411 Costa Rica4
3,340 Jamaica3
32,086 Mexico3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
108,034 Italy3
22,232 Morocco3
54,641 Sweden2
41,879 Turkey2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,472 The Bahamas2
2,617 Cambodia2
15,999 Slovakia2
8,657 Lebanon2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
18,625 Japan2
6,353 Panama2
1,235 Belize2
44,018 Poland2
23,344 Austria2
20,186 Kenya2
38,063 Mauritania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
9,116 Nicaragua1
897,276 Russia1
14,373 Jordan1
24,771 Colombia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
49,529 Israel1
2,578 Guam1
2,333 Montenegro1
11,510 Oman1
66,560 Philippines1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
21,562 Portugal1
7,895 South Korea1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
10,683 Cyprus1
19,810 Croatia1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
7,175 Singapore41
725 Malta31
17,489 Denmark30
3,723 Guyana22
78,557 Netherlands13
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,456 Spain100
3,257 Hong Kong71
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
104,075 Brazil64
66,582 Argentina60
240,443 India52
Countries with hundreds of Hales:
8,421 South Africa767
1,638 New Zealand459
973 Wales406
30,009 France331
3,840 Chile270
38,477 Germany269
2,768 Scotland243
2,468 Ireland180
11,229 Czech Republic158
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Hales:
4,046 United States9,902
1,388 England5,689
1,361 Australia2,312
3,445 Algeria1,964
4,360 Canada1,032
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Hales worked as mason and hailed from England. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on March 12, 1849. Mary-Mrs. Hales (50) Immigrant, Mary Hales, aged 19, Mary Hales, aged 21, Samuel Hales, aged 36, Patrick Hales (30) Farmer, are other Hales that migrated to US.

Comments

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Apolonia Rosel
 hales is an infrequent family name, Hall of variation of the old Frankish challah covered room, was designated a house with a covered hall, by extension, name of the owner.

Hales Namesakes

  • William Hales Hingston, Canadian Politician
  • Alex Hales, Cricketer
  • Alexander of Hales, Philosopher
  • Tom Hales, Politician
  • Robert Hales, Graphic designer
  • Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet, Politician
  • Robert Hales, Graphic designer
  • Robert Hales, Graphic designer
  • Thomas Callister Hales, Mathematician
  • Corrinne Hales, Author
  • James Hales, from 2004 action and adventure movie Light Boy, who portrayed Jason.

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