Myles Surname
Approximately 27,920 people bear this surname
Myles Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Miles'; v. Mills (2). This is still a popular personal name in North England.
William fil. Milon, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Milo le Messer, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameMyles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,465 | 1:22,014 | 2,761 |
| Canada | 2,412 | 1:15,276 | 2,245 |
| England | 2,236 | 1:24,919 | 3,427 |
| Australia | 1,299 | 1:20,782 | 2,879 |
| Scotland | 1,117 | 1:4,793 | 816 |
| Ireland | 678 | 1:6,945 | 1,013 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Jamaica | 538 | 1:5,334 | 685 |
| Cayman Islands | 519 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Israel | 355 | 1:24,106 | 3,552 |
| South Africa | 339 | 1:159,816 | 17,958 |
| Colombia | 251 | 1:190,335 | 4,835 |
| Wales | 178 | 1:17,385 | 1,881 |
| Northern Ireland | 165 | 1:11,182 | 1,706 |
| New Zealand | 155 | 1:29,215 | 5,112 |
| Panama | 97 | 1:40,333 | 2,124 |
| Belize | 81 | 1:4,389 | 793 |
| Ukraine | 48 | 1:948,390 | 90,036 |
| Honduras | 29 | 1:304,015 | 2,705 |
| Jersey | 29 | 1:3,421 | 664 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Barbados | 21 | 1:13,688 | 897 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 1:16,094 | 893 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 496 | 1:8,931 | 1,326 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,028 | 1:3,641 | 600 |
| England | 357 | 1:68,278 | 7,736 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 411 | 1:122,187 | 11,874 |
Myles (25,967) may also be a first name.
Myles Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Miles'; v. Mills (2). This is still a popular personal name in North England.
William fil. Milon, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Milo le Messer, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Peter Myles, Kent, ibid.
Wychard Miles, Lincolnshire, ibid.
1584. Alex. Miles, Northamptonshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1694-5. Lewis Myles, Pembrokeshire: ibid.
Gaelic Mael-Moire, one of the commonest mael (maol)-names, has survived till the present day in the Isles especially as Miles or Myles. The names have nothing in common, and the relationship may be due to the assonance of Mael with English miles. Thomas Myles, indweller in Maxpople, 1641 (RRM., I, p. 87). Margaret Myles, a victim of superstition, was hanged in Edinburgh for witchcraft, 1702 (Chambers, Domestic annals, III, p. 217). David Myles in Coular of Angus, 1731 (Dunkeld).
= Miles, q.v.
“Soldier” in Latin. Also variant on Michael (q.v.).
See Miles.
(English) Descendant of Miles (soldier).
Miles. —This name has a characteristic distribution in the south of England, though absent, or rare, in the three south - west counties of Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset. It has its principal homes in Kent, Essex, Sussex, Dorset, Wilts, Gloucestershire, and Monmouthshire, the northern limit of its area being in Norfolk and Shropshire. It has been suggested by Bardsley and Lower that this name is sometimes derived from Milo, a Norman personal name in Domesday. Lower thinks that it may be also often a corruption of Michael. Judging, however, from the distribution in both cases, I should say that it has had little or no connection with Mitchell as representing Michael. Rather I would hold that it is connected with Mills, which has a similar distribution; and it is remarkable that in the three south - west counties where Mills is absent or infrequent, being represented in two of them by Mill, Miles is also absent or rare.
Myles Demographics
Average Myles Salary in
United States
$37,474 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Myles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Myles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Myles has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Myles.
How Common Is The Last Name Myles? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,649th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 261,015 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Myles reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 31,081st most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 25,967 people.
The last name Myles is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 16,465 people, or 1 in 22,014. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Louisiana, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Myles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Myles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Myles surname grew 4,006 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 626 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 137 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,369 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Myles Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (74%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Myles surname are 4.75% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.98% registered with the party.
The amount Myles earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning R 249,096 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.62% less than the national average, earning $19,836,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.15% less than the national average, earning $37,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.5% more than the national average, earning $50,428 CAD per year.
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