How common is the surname Bales?

13,326 people in the United States had the surname Bales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,169 Americans. It ranked 2,704th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bales?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bales?

Robert Bales, American army soldier and mass murderer condemned, followed by Alison Bales.

Where is the surname Bales most common?

Wikidata records people named Bales in the United States.

Is the surname Bales getting more or less common?

More common. 13,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,326 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Bales

A surname, carried by 13,326 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bales is more common than 98.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,326 people named Bales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,169 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,028.

#2,704

rank among US surnames

13,326

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,695	Asher	13,371	23,091
#2,696	Shell	13,369	23,094
#2,697	Layne	13,367	23,098
#2,698	Gilliland	13,351	23,125
#2,699	Alba	13,347	23,132
#2,700	Shank	13,343	23,139
#2,701	Traylor	13,341	23,143

Who is named Bales

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

92% of people named Bales identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baless

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Bales
American army soldier and mass murderer condemned, born 1973
Alison Bales
American basketball player (born 1985)
Susan Ford
American photographer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bales

Bales has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Bales?: 13,326 people in the United States had the surname Bales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,169 Americans. It ranked 2,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bales?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bales?: Robert Bales, American army soldier and mass murderer condemned, followed by Alison Bales.
Where is the surname Bales most common?: Wikidata records people named Bales in the United States.
Is the surname Bales getting more or less common?: More common. 13,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,326 in 2010, up 2.3%.