# Ales (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ales/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 623 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 495,579 people |
| Change since 2000 | -25.7% (839 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Ales, a regional variant of Alessi. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovene Aleš. * Borrowed from Spanish Ales.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ales in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ales in the United States.

## People named Ales

- John Ales, American actor

## Similar surnames

Alas, Alessi, Alles, Allis, Alls, Alejo, Alex, Algeo, Alicea, Alix.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.