Iles Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 9
Berkshire 101
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 24
Dorset 2
Durham 12
Essex 82
Gloucestershire 970
Hampshire 18
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 19
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 30
Lancashire 108
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 5
London 361
Middlesex 49
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 19
Oxfordshire 16
Rutland 0
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 4
Somerset 229
Surrey 184
Sussex 25
Staffordshire 26
Warwickshire 137
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 289
Worcestershire 59
Yorkshire 200

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 7
Glamorgan 162
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 76
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Iles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Iles family

Profession Census Frequency
School 331
Labourer 27
General Labourer 24
Farm Labourer 24
None 22
Private Means 21
General Servant (domestic) 18
Farmer 15
Carpenter 14
Domestic Servant 14
Tailoress 14
Coal Miner Hewer 13
Clerk 12
At School 11
Dressmaker 11
No Occupation 11
Student 11
Boot Maker 11
Shop Assistant 10
Laundress 9
At Home 8
House Keeper 8
Old Age Pensioner 8
Assisting In The Business 8
Machinist 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Iles

Name Census Frequency
Mary Iles 887
William Iles 867
Elizabeth Iles 617
John Iles 601
George Iles 590
Sarah Iles 440
Henry Iles 426
Thomas Iles 390
James Iles 356
Charles Iles 317
Ann Iles 295
Joseph Iles 250
Ellen Iles 230
Albert Iles 229
Emily Iles 219
Robert Iles 217
Jane Iles 213
Frederick Iles 210
Annie Iles 201
Alfred Iles 197
Eliza Iles 197
Samuel Iles 191
Emma Iles 190
Alice Iles 186
Hannah Iles 171

Iles Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lees 50% 81,187
2 Iles 100% 14,947
3 Eales 60% 11,867
4 Leese 40% 9,925
5 Elias 40% 7,792
6 Else 25% 7,360
7 Louis 20% 5,812
8 Isles 80% 3,907
9 Loose 20% 2,563
10 Eeles 60% 1,388
11 Louisa 17% 1,162
12 Elis 50% 827
13 Eiles 80% 662
14 Lose 25% 541
15 Leuis 40% 530
16 Louise 17% 444
17 Leas 50% 413
18 Eles 75% 391
19 Lueas 40% 380
20 Lias 25% 361
21 Eals 25% 348
22 Elsie 20% 313
23 Lease 40% 292
24 Louse 20% 290
25 Ailes 80% 266
26 Illes 80% 253
27 Lase 25% 225
28 Eeeles 50% 209
29 Luis 25% 161
30 Lies 50% 153
31 Oales 60% 151
32 Auls 25% 145
33 Luse 25% 141
34 Laus 25% 134
35 Eels 25% 123
36 Luies 40% 119
37 Elise 40% 113
38 Lus 50% 108
39 Lousia 17% 107
40 Leis 50% 102

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The surname Iles is the 2nd most popular variant of Lees.

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