Wale Family History
Wale Name Meaning
from a Germanic personal name Walo, either a
byname meaning ‘foreigner’ (see Wallace), or else a short form
of the various compound names with this first element.nickname
for a well-liked person, from Middle English wale ‘good’,
‘excellent’ (originally meaning ‘choice’).topographic name for
someone who lived near an embankment, Middle English wale (Old
English walu).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wale
Name Distribution of Wale Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wale families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wale families
|
163 - 323 55 - 162 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wale families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wale census records
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Wale Family Origin
Wale Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wale
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wale Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wale census records
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Wale Civil War Service Records
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