Vails is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Vails
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: He that dwelleth in a valley or a valley. This is the most obvious interpretation. To note, in all the variants of the name, the presence of the final S, which seems to correspond to a kind of genitive or ablative, the French expressed by the preposition DE (= Valls of the valley, see the name Duval) . Finally be noted that Valls is more common in South Catalonia and Vallespir, while Baills is necessary in Roussillon.

How popular is Vails?

Vails is ranked 536282 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Vailses grew by 7.978724 per cent to 406 since 2000 and ranked 51281 after elevating 664 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.28 54.79
Black 37.44 30.32
Others 6.65 5.59
Hispanic or Latino 4.68 4.52
Vails is a very rare family name, few people in United States and American Samoa have the last name. Around 428 people have been found who wears Vails as their family name. Few people around the world have Vails as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
846 American Samoa1
277,603 France1
492,292 Ukraine1
19,533 Uruguay1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
559,154 India12
Countries with hundreds of Vails:
61,722 United States411

Comments

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Gaylene Acuna
Vails is somewhat frequent name in the south, represents the Roussillonnais shaped valley topographic name designating the inhabitant of the valley.

Vails Namesakes

  • Donald Vails, Musician
  • Nelson Vails, Cyclist

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