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 0
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 164
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 31
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 5
Devon 22
Dorset 15
Durham 24
Essex 23
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 31
Herefordshire 14
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 48
Isle of Man 0
Kent 227
Lancashire 34
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 80
London 335
Middlesex 42
Northumberland 22
Norfolk 30
Northamptonshire 14
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 48
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 66
Somerset 16
Surrey 22
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 49
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 285

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 6
Cardiganshire 4
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 34
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 329
Agricultural Labourer 106
Labourer 37
House Servant 34
Dress Maker 25
General Servant 14
Laundress 14
Carter 14
Shoe Maker 12
Tailor 11
Cook 9
Domestic Servant 9
Servant 9
House Keeper 8
Brick Maker 8
Butcher 8
House Maid 7
Carpenter 7
Gardener 7
Needle Woman 7
Farm Labourer 6
Grocer 6
Groom 6
Cabinet Maker 6
Farm Servant 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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