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    The surname Hales

    An English place surname, carried by 8,363 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /heɪlz/ 1 syllable Soundex H420

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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). Hales is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English halh (“hollow, nook”).

    Hales is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,363 people named Hales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,918 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,743.

    #4,240
    rank among US surnames
    8,363
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,238)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,231Wentz8,37636,861
    #4,232Piazza8,37236,878
    #4,234Prewitt8,37136,883
    #4,235Fu8,37036,887
    #4,236Covert8,36936,892
    #4,238Mariscal8,36836,896
    #4,239Houle8,36436,914

    Who is named Hales

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

    86% of people named Hales identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hales

    Hales has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hales come from?
    From Old English halh (“hollow, nook”).
    How common is the surname Hales?
    8,363 people in the United States had the surname Hales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,918 Americans. It ranked 4,240th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hales?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Hales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Hales?
    Hales is /heɪlz/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Hales?
    Hales is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hales getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,363 in 2010, up 8.0%.