The Chiles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,936 people carried this name — #6,831 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,655 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chiles surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘the child’.

An early record he cites: Brian le Child, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Child, Childe, Childs and Chiles.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 177 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24 people named Chiles.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 19
Moselle 3
Seine-et-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Chiles was counted together with Childs: 226 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,336 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Childs, Child, Childes, Chiles. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 93
Connecticut 30
Pennsylvania 18
Vermont 16
Rhode Island 15
New York 12
South Carolina 10
Maryland 8
Maine 7
Virginia 6
North Carolina 6
New Hampshire 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Chiles in American newspapers,
1896–1919.

Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Chiles
Rock Springs Miner 1898-08-04
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Chiles
Rock Springs Miner 1896-09-17
Newspaper page from Hickory Daily Record carrying the name Chiles
Hickory Daily Record 1919-05-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 385,822 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Chiles in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,509 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chiles. The most, 397, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 5.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 1,065
Victoria 130
New South Wales 120
Queensland 95
Western Australia 47
Tasmania 38
ACT (Canberra) 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chiles.

Who carried it

People named Chiles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Chiles
    Joseph Chiles 1810–1885
  • Benjamin Chiles
    Benjamin Chiles 1825–1911 · politician
  • Marcellus Holmes Chiles
    Marcellus Holmes Chiles 1895–1918 · military personnel
  • Lawton Chiles
    Lawton Chiles 1930–1998 · lawyer
  • Rhea Chiles
    Rhea Chiles 1930–2015 · politician
  • James Chiles 1833–1873

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chiles,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States259 records

259 records of the Chiles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William E. Chiles

    Born 1919 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Peoria, Illinois; mechanic from Sangamon County, Illinois. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lloyd Chiles

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1884, died 1951; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Hattie H. Chiles

    Born 1879 in Germany. Registered as a foreign national in Woodbury County, Iowa, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 259 records for Chiles in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France13 records

13 records of the Chiles name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Julie Marguerite Chiles

    Born 1903 in Magny; died 1994 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Chiles

    Born 1912 in Custines; died 1988 in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Guy James Chiles

    Born 1923 in Custines (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1978 in Lorette (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Chiles in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Chiles name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Chiles

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Guildford, arriving 1822.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Charles Chiles

    Left Hobart in 1852 aboard the Emma Prescott, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Chiles

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Guildford, arriving 1822; ticket of leave 1831.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Chiles in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Chiles name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Lewis Chiles

    Buried in 1817 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 45.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. F. Chiles

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Chiles

    Lance Corporal. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Chiles in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Chiles name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Effie Constance Chiles

    Died 1920, aged 23; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Chiles in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Chiles name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frederick Samuel Chiles

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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