# Bailes (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,178 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,151 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,855 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bayles, Baylis, Bayliss |

## Etymology

From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bailes 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bailes in the United States.

## People named Bailes

- Margaret Bailes, American athletics competitor (born 1951)

## Similar surnames

Boles, Bales, Bills, Beals, Bayless, Blais, Blas, Biles, Bayles, Blaise, Bayliss, Balas.

## 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.