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    The surname Liles

    A surname, carried by 10,317 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L420

    Liles: #3,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Liles #3,463, 10,317 people Liles: #3,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Liles #3,463, 10,317 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liles is more common than 97.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,317 people named Liles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,926 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,052.

    #3,463
    rank among US surnames
    10,317
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,267)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,454Deguzman10,34129,856
    #3,455Paniagua10,34029,859
    #3,456Dupont10,33929,862
    #3,457Skipper10,33829,865
    #3,458Higgs10,33329,880
    #3,460Bagwell10,32429,906
    #3,462Wicker10,32129,914

    Who is named Liles

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

    81% of people named Liles identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Liless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John-Michael Liles
      American ice hockey player, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Liles

    Liles has the Soundex code L420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Liles?
    10,317 people in the United States had the surname Liles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,926 Americans. It ranked 3,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Liles?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Liles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Liles?
    John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player.
    Where is the surname Liles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Liles in the United States.
    Is the surname Liles getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,317 in 2010, up 2.6%.