The wales Surname

wales Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: patronymic from Wale 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The wales name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the wales family name as far back in history as possible.

wales Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of wales Families in the US in 1920

Number of wales families

86-169

29-85

1-28

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WALES in Northeast England	Colleen Hale	8
Wales family name	Paul Wales	24
Wales family from wakefield yorkshire area	josiebrockmann131	1
Fanny WALES and Alfred YOUNG	J_Dowsett	1
Martha Wales from MA	hobbychamp	0
Victor Wales	Wally Clingan	2
Leslie Burgess Bellamy	computerwolf	0
Phillip Wales	DorothySwanson44	0
Wales of Westerly, RI	RockofGibraltar	0
Joseph G. Wales Talbot Co. MD	dlechRMB	0

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