Wiles Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 124
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 19
Cambridgeshire 124
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 16
Devon 16
Dorset 37
Durham 58
Essex 214
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 65
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 40
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 33
Isle of Man 0
Kent 379
Lancashire 139
Leicestershire 21
Lincolnshire 118
London 687
Middlesex 261
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 64
Northamptonshire 53
Nottinghamshire 116
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 33
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 91
Somerset 16
Surrey 161
Sussex 71
Staffordshire 65
Warwickshire 77
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 28
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 838

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 13
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 4
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
School 430
Farm Labourer 61
Labourer 40
General Servant (domestic) 29
General Labourer 27
Farmer 24
Private Means 21
None 19
Dressmaker 19
Domestic Servant 18
Assisting In Business 13
Shop Assistant 13
Housekeeper 13
Cook (domestic) 12
Laundress 12
Bricklayer 11
Dock Labourer 11
House Keeper 11
Carman 10
At School 10
Assisting In The Business 9
Bricklayers Labourer 9
Gardener (domestic) 9
Waggoner On Farm 9
Grocer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Wiles

Name Census Frequency
William Wiles 1,421
John Wiles 1,152
Mary Wiles 1,145
Elizabeth Wiles 896
George Wiles 764
Sarah Wiles 674
Thomas Wiles 668
James Wiles 527
Charles Wiles 431
Ann Wiles 400
Henry Wiles 373
Emma Wiles 339
Eliza Wiles 336
Jane Wiles 312
Robert Wiles 308
Annie Wiles 288
Frederick Wiles 265
Alfred Wiles 259
Alice Wiles 258
Hannah Wiles 244
Arthur Wiles 243
Edward Wiles 236
Ellen Wiles 222
Richard Wiles 218
Emily Wiles 203

Wiles Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wiles 100% 20,946
2 Wales 80% 19,433
3 Willes 83% 9,795
4 Wyles 80% 5,004
5 Whiles 83% 2,369
6 Wailes 83% 2,277
7 Owles 60% 1,445
8 Wooles 67% 499
9 Wools 40% 477
10 Ewles 60% 370
11 Weals 40% 368
12 Walis 60% 332
13 Wils 80% 258
14 Weels 40% 223
15 Woolas 50% 213
16 Weles 80% 201
17 Ewels 40% 200
18 Wails 60% 160
19 Wels 60% 155
20 Weales 67% 146
21 Wilsea 67% 145
22 Wilis 80% 142
23 Wals 60% 129
24 Wilse 60% 116

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