The Hale surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 82,955 people carried this name — #338 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,250 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Hale.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 49 people named Hale 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 they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Hale live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Hale in American newspapers,
1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,858,527 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hale,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Hale d. 1759 · writer
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Paggen Hale d. 1755 · politician
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William Hale d. 1717 · politician
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John Haile d. 1535 · Catholic priest
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Johnny Hale d. 1881 · rancher
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Kaycee Hale d. 2019 · librarian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hale.
- Hakimi 800 · U.S. census
- Hakobyan 159 · U.S. census
- Halbardier 121 · U.S. census
- Halbeisen 214 · U.S. census
- Halbert 4,518 · U.S. census
- Halby 116 · U.S. census
- Halfon 241 · U.S. census
- Halim 1,041 · U.S. census
- Halimi 214 · U.S. census
- Halin 114 · U.S. census
- Hall 473,568 · U.S. census
- Halle 1,920 · U.S. census
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