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 Male Myles Height
176.88 cm
Average Female Myles Height
164.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Myles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Myles Come From? nationality or country of origin
Myles is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Myles? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,649th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 261,015 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Myles live; 68 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Myles is also the 31,081st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 25,967 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 16,465 people, or 1 in 22,014. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Louisiana, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 81 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Myles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Myles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Myles surname expanded 4,006 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 626 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 137 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,369 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Myles Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence 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 US average, with 57.98% being registered with the political 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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Footnotes
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