How common is the surname Wile?

1,662 people in the United States had the surname Wile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wile?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wile getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, down 1.4%.

Is Wile also a first name?

Yes. Wile 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 Wile

An English occupational surname, carried by 1,662 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wile is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English wile, an occupational surname for a trapper or a nickname for a wily person.

Wile is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 1,662 people named Wile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,685.

#17,080

rank among US surnames

1,662

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,854)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,072	Flinchum	1,663	185,656
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767
#17,087	Kendig	1,661	185,879

Who is named Wile

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

95% of people named Wile identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wile

Wile has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wile come from?: From Middle English wile, an occupational surname for a trapper or a nickname for a wily person.
How common is the surname Wile?: 1,662 people in the United States had the surname Wile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wile?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Wile?: Wile is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Wile getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, down 1.4%.
Is Wile also a first name?: Yes. Wile 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.