Myles

Myles is the 2,557th most common surname in the United States, shared by 13,774 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 21,700.

By the numbers

People: 13,774
Rank: 2,557th
How common: 1 in 21,700
Per 100,000: 4.6

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

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

Who bears the name

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

Black, not Hispanic 69.7%
White, not Hispanic 20.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Also a first name

Myles has been given to 64,837 American babies as a first name since 1887, peaking in 2024. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

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.