Last Name WALES

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Meaning Local: Of Wales, a parish ten miles from Sheffield, W.Rid. York. A family of this name must have settled early on the Yorkshire border of North Lancashire. In the course of time they penetrated into Furness, and spelt their name Wales and Wailes.
A native of Wales, a name given by the Anglo-Saxons to the Britons who originally came from Gaul, which the Saxons pronounced 'Wealas,' 'Wales,' 'Welsh,' and 'Wallia.' A principality of Great Britain, on the west of England, one hundred and twenty miles long, and eighty broad.
Origin English, Irish, Anglo-saxon, South african, Hungarian

Rank 6,295 (2000 US census) 5,519 (1990 US census)
Count 4,983 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.7%, or 4470 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.76%, or 287 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.02%, or 51 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.2%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.87%, or 93 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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