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    The surname Ale

    A surname, carried by 663 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex A400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ale is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Spanish surname, from Ale, probably a shortening of Alejandro. * As an Italian surname, likely a variant of Aleo. * As an English surname, from Middle English Ale, shortened from several names such as Alice, Allison, etc. * Also as an English surname, variant of Hale. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Aal, also shortened from names such as Alewijn, Albert. * As a Nepali surname, from आले (āle). This surname is mostly found in Nepal. Compare Al.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 663 people named Ale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 514.

    #34,223
    rank among US surnames
    663
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29%
    change since 2000 (was #40,139)

    Who is named Ale

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    38% of people named Ale identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 1.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ale

    Ale has the Soundex code A400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ale come from?
    * As a Spanish surname, from Ale, probably a shortening of Alejandro. * As an Italian surname, likely a variant of Aleo. * As an English surname, from Middle English Ale, shortened from several names such as Alice, Allison, etc. * Also as an English surname, variant of Hale. * As a Dutch surname,…
    How common is the surname Ale?
    663 people in the United States had the surname Ale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. It ranked 34,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ale?
    In the 2010 Census, 38% of people named Ale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ale getting more or less common?
    More common. 514 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 663 in 2010, up 29%.