The surname Viles
A surname, carried by 1,584 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V420
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,584 people named Viles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,506.
#17,709
rank among US surnames
1,584
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+5.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,304)
Who is named Viles
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Viles identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Viles has the Soundex code V420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V420.
Questions
- How common is the surname Viles?
- 1,584 people in the United States had the surname Viles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. It ranked 17,709th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Viles?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Viles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Viles getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,584 in 2010, up 5.2%.