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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wales Family Facts

Distribution of wales Families in the US in 1920

Number of wales families

86-169

29-85

1-28

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 172 - Messages: 467

Thread	Author	Replies
Wales family in Cornwall, England	michaelwales1	3
WALES CURTIS V 1896-1971	t42Moore	0
WALES Claudia Agnes 1906-1991	t42Moore	0
WALES, John (15__-1610 Eng.) Last Will & Testament	PLane313	0
Sylvia Wales drowns Mar 1917	Not_A_Relative	0
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

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