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The Ales surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 623 people carried this name — #35,993 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 26% from 839 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ales surname

Regional variant of Alessi.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ales» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 350 people named Ales live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 161
Santa Fe 58
Mendoza 29
Río Negro 23
San Juan 19
City of Buenos Aires 18
Córdoba 16
Chubut 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Ales.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haute-Loire.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Haute-Loire 21
Aude 17
Côtes-d’Armor 15
Hérault 14
Paris 7
Tarn-et-Garonne 4
Côte-d’Or 3
Pyrénées-Orientales 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Ales live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 19
Zurich 6
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Ales,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alexander Ales 1500–1565 · Protestant reformer
  • Maria Ales 1899–1950 · mathematician
  • Angela Ales Bello 1939– · university teacher
  • Angela Ales Bello 1939– · university teacher
  • Stefano Ales 1948– · historian
  • Catherine Ales 1952– · ethnologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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