Wiles Family History
Wiles Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, in
particular someone who caught fish, especially eels, by setting up
wicker traps in rivers and estuaries, from Middle English wile
‘trap’, ‘snare’ (late Old English wil ‘contrivance’, ‘trick’
possibly of Scandinavian origin), or in some cases probably a nickname
for a devious person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wiles Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wiles families
 296 - 590  99 - 295 |
 1 - 98  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wiles families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wiles Family Origin
Wiles Emigration Information (US)
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Wiles Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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