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 107
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 139
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 11
Dorset 28
Durham 31
Essex 37
Gloucestershire 32
Hampshire 46
Herefordshire 16
Hertfordshire 37
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 30
Isle of Man 0
Kent 362
Lancashire 58
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 109
London 411
Middlesex 90
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 55
Northamptonshire 30
Nottinghamshire 54
Oxfordshire 12
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 30
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 70
Somerset 6
Surrey 84
Sussex 43
Staffordshire 46
Warwickshire 47
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 21
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 446

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 510
Agricultural Labourer 85
Domestic Servant 35
Labourer 32
Dress Maker 29
General Labourer 24
Farm Labourer 19
General Servant 18
Gardener 15
Brickfield Labourer 15
Annuitant 14
Lace Maker 13
Carpenter 12
Laundress 12
Tailor 12
Farm Servant Indoor 11
Grocer Assistant 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Grocer 9
Brick Maker 8
Bricklayer 8
Cook Domestic 8
Shoe Maker 8
Agricultural Labourer Wife 8
Cook Domestic Servant 7

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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