How common is the surname Myles?

13,898 people in the United States had the surname Myles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,215 Americans. It ranked 2,591st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Myles?

Myles is /ˈmaɪlz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Myles getting more or less common?

More common. 12,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,898 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Myles also a first name?

Yes. Myles is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Myles

A patronymic surname, carried by 13,898 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmaɪlz/ 1 syllable Soundex M420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Myles is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a patronymic.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,898 people named Myles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,215 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,348.

#2,591

rank among US surnames

13,898

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,689)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,583	Ouellette	13,984	22,078
#2,584	Beam	13,972	22,097
#2,585	High	13,961	22,115
#2,586	Sebastian	13,934	22,158
#2,587	Donohue	13,919	22,182
#2,588	Moeller	13,915	22,188
#2,589	Luther	13,906	22,202

Who is named Myles

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

72% of people named Myles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Miles

Surnames that sound like Myles

Myles has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Questions

How common is the surname Myles?: 13,898 people in the United States had the surname Myles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,215 Americans. It ranked 2,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Myles?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Myles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Myles?: Myles is /ˈmaɪlz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Myles?: Myles is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Myles getting more or less common?: More common. 12,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,898 in 2010, up 13%.
What are other spellings of Myles?: Miles.
Is Myles also a first name?: Yes. Myles is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.