Balès
surname · Latin script
Balès is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): E England: esp. Norfolk. (i) variant of Bale with post-medieval excrescent -s. (ii) variant of Bayliss . (iii) locative name from Bayles in Alston (Cumb).
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 57K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2Kas Bailey
- SGSingapore≈1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Balès itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 386 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
277,845 named Bailey, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Belle in US United States, FR France, MU Mauritius, Bales in ES Spain, PH Philippines, SG Singapore and Belly in IN India.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): E England: esp. Norfolk. (i) variant of Bale with post-medieval excrescent -s. (ii) variant of Bayliss . (iii) locative name from Bayles in Alston (Cumb).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Balès counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 277,845as Bailey | 1 in 1.2K | 278K | Belle | 386 |
| ES Spain | 2,540as Bel | 1 in 20K | 2.5K | Bales | 23 |
| FR France | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 3.2K | Belle | 5 |
| PH Philippines | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Bales | 92 |
| IN India | 1,668as Ben | 1 in 795K | 1.7K | Belly | 29 |
| HR Croatia | 1,009as Balen | 1 in 4.2K | 1K | — | — |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | 446as Bailey | 1 in 227 | 446 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 385as Bailey | 1 in 1.9K | 385 | — | 7 |
| SG Singapore | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Bales | 51 |
| MU Mauritius | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Belle | 6 |
277,845 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling bailey. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Balès mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): E England: esp. Norfolk. (i) variant of Bale with post-medieval excrescent -s. (ii) variant of Bayliss . (iii) locative name from Bayles in Alston (Cumb). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Balès have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 278 thousand people named Bailey, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Balès?
- In the United States, the national register counted 277,845 people named Bailey in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Balès”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.