Iles 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 1
Berkshire 88
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 365
Hampshire 31
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 17
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 21
London 78
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 11
Somerset 140
Surrey 46
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 196
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 93

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 2

Iles Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Iles family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 161
Agricultural Labourer 94
Coal Miner 20
Labourer 20
Farm Labourer 18
Scholar At Home 18
Servant 17
House Servant 15
Ag Lab 13
Dress Maker 12
Shoe Maker 10
Pauper 9
At Home 8
Laundress 8
Gardener 7
Ag Labourer 7
House Keeper 6
Farmers Daur 6
Farmer 5
General Servant 4
Carpenter 4
Milliner 4
Wool Comber 4
Pauper Agricultural Labourer 3
Annuitant 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Iles

Name Census Frequency
Mary Iles 887
William Iles 867
Elizabeth Iles 617
John Iles 601
George Iles 590
Sarah Iles 440
Henry Iles 426
Thomas Iles 390
James Iles 356
Charles Iles 317
Ann Iles 295
Joseph Iles 250
Ellen Iles 230
Albert Iles 229
Emily Iles 219
Robert Iles 217
Jane Iles 213
Frederick Iles 210
Annie Iles 201
Alfred Iles 197
Eliza Iles 197
Samuel Iles 191
Emma Iles 190
Alice Iles 186
Hannah Iles 171

Iles Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lees 50% 81,187
2 Iles 100% 14,947
3 Eales 60% 11,867
4 Leese 40% 9,925
5 Elias 40% 7,792
6 Else 25% 7,360
7 Louis 20% 5,812
8 Isles 80% 3,907
9 Loose 20% 2,563
10 Eeles 60% 1,388
11 Louisa 17% 1,162
12 Elis 50% 827
13 Eiles 80% 662
14 Lose 25% 541
15 Leuis 40% 530
16 Louise 17% 444
17 Leas 50% 413
18 Eles 75% 391
19 Lueas 40% 380
20 Lias 25% 361
21 Eals 25% 348
22 Elsie 20% 313
23 Lease 40% 292
24 Louse 20% 290
25 Ailes 80% 266
26 Illes 80% 253
27 Lase 25% 225
28 Eeeles 50% 209
29 Luis 25% 161
30 Lies 50% 153
31 Oales 60% 151
32 Auls 25% 145
33 Luse 25% 141
34 Laus 25% 134
35 Eels 25% 123
36 Luies 40% 119
37 Elise 40% 113
38 Lus 50% 108
39 Lousia 17% 107
40 Leis 50% 102

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The surname Iles is the 2nd most popular variant of Lees.

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