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 19
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 150
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 16
Cornwall 23
Cumberland 12
Derbyshire 18
Devon 38
Dorset 26
Durham 68
Essex 96
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 75
Herefordshire 17
Hertfordshire 40
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 16
Isle of Man 0
Kent 268
Lancashire 137
Leicestershire 17
Lincolnshire 118
London 548
Middlesex 140
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 72
Northamptonshire 40
Nottinghamshire 52
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 16
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 60
Somerset 21
Surrey 53
Sussex 61
Staffordshire 65
Warwickshire 77
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 524

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 23
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Wiles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 560
Agricultural Labourer 74
Farm Labourer 40
General Labourer 33
Farmer 31
Labourer 27
Domestic Servant 26
Living On Own Means 24
Dress Maker 21
General Servant 18
Carpenter 16
Gardener 14
Charwoman 13
General Servant Domestic 13
Farm Servant 13
Coal Miner 13
General Domestic Servant 13
Living On Her Own Means 11
Grocer 11
Blacksmith 10
Clerk 10
Laundress 9
Brickfield Labourer 9
Tailor 8
Brick Layer 8

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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