How common is the surname Bale?

2,843 people in the United States had the surname Bale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,599 Americans. It ranked 11,138th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bale?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Bale?

Christian Bale, American-English actor (born 1974), followed by John Bale.

Where is the surname Bale most common?

Wikidata records people named Bale in the United States, the Kingdom of England and Australia.

Is the surname Bale getting more or less common?

More common. 2,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,843 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Bale

A surname, carried by 2,843 people in the United States.

Pronounced /beɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bale is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,843 people named Bale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,599 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,693.

#11,138

rank among US surnames

2,843

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,863)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,132	Rieck	2,847	108,446
#11,134	McWhirter	2,846	108,484
#11,135	Pernell	2,845	108,522
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675

Who is named Bale

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

87% of people named Bale identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bales

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christian Bale
American-English actor (born 1974)
John Bale
Anglican bishop in Ireland, 1495–1563
Alice Marion Ellen Bale
Australian artist (1875–1955)

Notable Bales come mostly from the United States (1), the Kingdom of England (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bale

Bale has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Bale?: 2,843 people in the United States had the surname Bale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,599 Americans. It ranked 11,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bale?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bale?: Christian Bale, American-English actor (born 1974), followed by John Bale.
Where is the surname Bale most common?: Wikidata records people named Bale in the United States, the Kingdom of England and Australia.
How do you pronounce Bale?: Bale is /beɪl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Bale getting more or less common?: More common. 2,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,843 in 2010, up 5.6%.