Pile Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 2
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 368
Dorset 34
Durham 22
Essex 46
Gloucestershire 60
Hampshire 73
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 164
Lancashire 46
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 23
London 285
Middlesex 96
Northumberland 46
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 60
Surrey 42
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 22
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 80
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 14
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 61
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Pile Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pile family

Profession Census Frequency
School 132
Farmer 32
Farm Labourer 25
Private Means 17
Dressmaker 11
General Servant (domestic) 10
None 10
Cook (domestic) 10
General Labourer 9
Carpenter 8
Baker 8
Assisting In Business 8
Labourer 7
Bricklayer 7
Assisting In The Business 7
Lodging House Keeper 7
Clerk 6
Retired Farmer 6
Railway Clerk 6
Carpenter & Joiner 5
Commercial Traveller 5
Domestic Servant 5
Gardener Domestic 5
Butcher 5
Housemaid (domestic) 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Pile

Name Census Frequency
William Pile 757
Mary Pile 724
John Pile 643
Elizabeth Pile 484
George Pile 440
Thomas Pile 402
Sarah Pile 314
James Pile 295
Ann Pile 213
Henry Pile 195
Jane Pile 193
Charles Pile 166
Eliza Pile 156
Ellen Pile 152
Edward Pile 150
Frederick Pile 141
Alice Pile 139
Annie Pile 133
Emily Pile 133
Samuel Pile 122
Alfred Pile 121
Emma Pile 120
Robert Pile 116
Walter Pile 101
Hannah Pile 90

Pile Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poole 60% 103,313
2 Paul 25% 40,297
3 Peel 25% 35,871
4 Pool 25% 26,366
5 Pile 100% 10,366
6 Pyle 75% 8,561
7 Pole 75% 8,473
8 Peal 25% 3,701
9 Peile 80% 993
10 Peele 60% 786
11 Poile 80% 736
12 Pale 75% 660
13 Peale 60% 525
14 Poul 25% 464
15 Peil 50% 461
16 Paule 60% 227
17 Poel 25% 195
18 Pul 50% 180
19 Poale 60% 151
20 Pauli 40% 130
21 Pule 75% 109
22 Pail 50% 108
23 Poule 60% 107
24 Poil 50% 102

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The surname Pile is the 5th most popular variant of Poole.

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