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    The surname Riles

    A surname, carried by 2,328 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R420

    Riles: #13,148 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riles #13,148, 2,328 people Riles: #13,148 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riles #13,148, 2,328 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riles is more common than 91.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,328 people named Riles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,248.

    #13,148
    rank among US surnames
    2,328
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,634)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,142Cervera2,329132,566
    #13,148Thapa2,328132,623
    #13,153Washam2,327132,680
    #13,155Huezo2,326132,737

    Who is named Riles

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

    55% of people named Riles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riles

    Riles has the Soundex code R420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riles?
    2,328 people in the United States had the surname Riles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,623 Americans. It ranked 13,148th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riles?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Riles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riles getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,328 in 2010, up 3.6%.