The Bale surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,843 people carried this name — #11,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,693 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 154 people named Bale.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Bale 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Bale is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bale in American newspapers,
1905–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,281,182 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bale,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Bale 1495–1563 · writer -
Edwin Bale 1842–1923 · visual artist -
John Bale d. 1560 · politician
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Christopher Bale d. 1708 · politician
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Jane Puckering d. 1651
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Rachel Esther Bale d. 1873
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bale.
- Baldo 794 · U.S. census
- Baldocchi 248 · U.S. census
- Baldoni 439 · U.S. census
- Balducci 1,207 · U.S. census
- Balduzzi 157 · U.S. census
- Baldy 339 · U.S. census
- Balen 246 · U.S. census
- Balent 307 · U.S. census
- Baler 126 · U.S. census
- Bales 13,326 · U.S. census
- Balestra 461 · U.S. census
- Balestreri 268 · U.S. census
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