Miles family name history
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Miles in 1911 Ireland
The 1911 Census recorded 157 people named Miles in Ireland; roughly one in every 28,000 people carried the name. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 79 men and 75 women. (A small number, 3, had no sex recorded.)
Counties with Miles in Ireland
Dublin was Miles country: 29.3% of them (46 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Down (26), Antrim (17), Kildare (14) and Armagh (11).
Miles average age in 1911
The average Miles in 1911 was 26.6 years old, 25.2 for men and 28.0 for women; noticeably younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.
Miles literacy in 1911
Of the Mileses whose literacy was recorded, 81.9% could both read and write, 2.8% could read but not write, and 15.3% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.
Miles common first names
The most common male names were William (8), John, Joseph, Thomas and George. For women it was Mary (7), followed by Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane and Margaret.
Miles occupations in 1911
The most common entry on a Miles's census form was "Scholar"; 17.8% (28) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were general labourer (6.4%), farmer (5.7%), domestic servant (3.8%) and shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.8%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 7% of all Mileses, followed by domestic service, general labourers and retail & commerce.
What religion is Miles?
The largest religious group among Mileses was Anglican, at 39.5%. The remainder were mostly Roman Catholic (38.9%) and Presbyterian (19.7%).
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Miles statistics (1911)
Number: 157
Rank: 2,924
Average Age: 27
Milesin the USA (2020)
Number: 82,573
Rank: 379
Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero.
