Biles

Biles is the 10,138th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,030 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 98,600.

By the numbers

People: 3,030
Rank: 10,138th
How common: 1 in 98,600
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (“bladed weapon”), a bill#Etymology 1, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (“beak of a bird”), or from (son of) William.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Biles described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 72.2%
Black, not Hispanic 16.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Biles

Simone Biles (born 1997)American artistic gymnast

People named Biles with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Biles

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.