Wales Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Wales Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wales family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 522
Coal Miner 50
General Labourer 44
Living On Own Means 41
Agricultural Labourer 40
Domestic Servant 31
Labourer 28
Farm Labourer 27
Dress Maker 23
Living On Her Own Means 22
General Servant Domestic 21
Laundress 18
General Servant 18
Farmer 16
Cotton Weaver 16
Grocer 14
House Keeper 13
Brick Layer 12
Blacksmith 11
Joiner 11
Tailoress 10
Railway Porter 10
Tailor 10
Gardener 9
Shoe Maker 9

Wales Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wiles 80% 20,946
2 Wales 100% 19,433
3 Wailes 83% 2,277
4 Whales 83% 1,817
5 Owles 60% 1,445
6 Wooles 67% 499
7 Wools 40% 477
8 Ewles 60% 370
9 Weals 60% 368
10 Walis 80% 332
11 Wils 60% 258
12 Weels 40% 223
13 Woolas 50% 213
14 Wayles 83% 211
15 Weles 80% 201
16 Ewels 40% 200
17 Wails 60% 160
18 Wels 60% 155
19 Weales 83% 146
20 Wilsea 50% 145
21 Wilis 60% 142
22 Wals 80% 129
23 Wilse 40% 116

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The surname Wales is the 2nd most popular variant of Wiles.

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