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    The surname Biles

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 3,278 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Biles: #9,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Biles #9,870, 3,278 people Biles: #9,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Biles #9,870, 3,278 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biles is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Uncertain or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (“bladed weapon”), a bill, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (“beak of a bird”), or from (son of) William.

    Biles is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,278 people named Biles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,187 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,395.

    #9,870
    rank among US surnames
    3,278
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,868)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,861Decosta3,28094,130
    #9,865Reneau3,27994,158
    #9,870Biles3,27894,187
    #9,872Dake3,27794,216
    #9,873Bingaman3,27694,245
    #9,875Dewald3,27594,273
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302

    Who is named Biles

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    76% of people named Biles identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Biless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Simone Biles
      American artistic gymnast, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Byles

    Surnames that sound like Biles

    Biles has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Biles come from?
    Uncertain or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (“bladed weapon”), a bill, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (“beak of a bird”), or from (son of) William.
    How common is the surname Biles?
    3,278 people in the United States had the surname Biles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,187 Americans. It ranked 9,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Biles?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Biles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Biles?
    Simone Biles, American artistic gymnast.
    Where is the surname Biles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Biles in the United States.
    What type of surname is Biles?
    Biles is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Biles getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,278 in 2010, down 3.4%.
    What are other spellings of Biles?
    Byles.