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 5
Berkshire 19
Cambridgeshire 150
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 11
Dorset 18
Durham 26
Essex 29
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 49
Herefordshire 24
Hertfordshire 62
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 51
Isle of Man 0
Kent 357
Lancashire 41
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 112
London 337
Middlesex 83
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 59
Northamptonshire 15
Nottinghamshire 47
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 51
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 40
Somerset 10
Surrey 44
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 36
Warwickshire 61
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 339

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 409
Agricultural Labourer 105
Labourer 41
Domestic Servant 31
General Servant 27
Dress Maker 20
Servant 15
House Keeper 14
Ag Labourer 13
Farm Servant 13
Laundress 13
Bricklayer 11
Annuitant 11
Carpenter 10
Tailor 10
Gardener 10
Blacksmith 10
Shoe Maker 10
Grocer 9
Farm Labourer 8
Lace Maker 7
Nurse 6
Seamstress 6
Housemaid 6
Shepherd 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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