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 44
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 165
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 7
Devon 17
Dorset 14
Durham 2
Essex 38
Gloucestershire 40
Hampshire 10
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 39
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 68
Isle of Man 2
Kent 243
Lancashire 25
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 122
London 211
Middlesex 27
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 40
Northamptonshire 16
Nottinghamshire 37
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 68
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 44
Somerset 22
Surrey 20
Sussex 25
Staffordshire 51
Warwickshire 53
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 309

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 223
Agricultural Labourer 78
House Servant 38
Labourer 34
Farm Labourer 31
At Home 30
Pauper 22
Carpenter 14
House Keeper 13
Servant 13
Ag Lab 13
Dress Maker 12
Shoe Maker 12
Coal Miner 11
General Servant 10
Annuitant 9
Lace Maker 7
Laundress 7
Assistant 7
Errand Boy 7
Shoe Binder 7
Silk Winder 7
Sawyer 6
Brick Maker 6
Cook 6

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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The surname Wiles is the most popular version of all its varients

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