The Hiles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,962 people carried this name — #8,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,960).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hiles surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the hill’.

An early record he cites: Hugh atte Hile, Somerset, 1327–28 (1 Edward III) — Kirby's Quest (Somerset).

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 383 · public domain.

In print

Hiles in American newspapers,
1901–1904.

Newspaper page from Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Hiles
Waterbury Democrat 1901-03-14
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Hiles
The San Francisco Call 1904-03-13
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Hiles
The San Francisco Call 1904-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 313,762 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hiles in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

4,621 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hiles. The most, 830, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 2,078
New South Wales 1,579
Victoria 543
Queensland 245
Western Australia 88
Tasmania 75
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hiles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Hiles 1825–1896 · politician
  • Henry Hiles 1826–1904 · composer
  • Frederick John Bartram Hiles 1872–1927 · painter
  • Barbara Hiles 1891–1984 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hiles,
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 States237 records

237 records of the Hiles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 142
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold C. Hiles

    Born 1923 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; driver. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alfred Hiles

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; tinsmith. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James E. Hiles

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1933, died 2000; buried at Kings Chapel Cemetery, Crown City, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 237 records for Hiles 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia91 records

91 records of the Hiles name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 58
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Tasmanian Names Index 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 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 Joseph Hiles

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Prince Leopold in 1819. Native of London, Middlesex.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Hiles

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the New Orleans, aged 45; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Roy Farrar Hiles

    Retired of Wendouree, Victoria; died 1985.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 91 records for Hiles in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada21 records

21 records of the Hiles name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kenneth G. Hiles

    Buried in 1991 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 35.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Martha Jane Hiles

    Died 1944 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Arthur John Hiles

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 21 records for Hiles in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Hiles name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hiles

    Lance Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

    Gunner, Royal Army Service Corps. 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 S. R. Hiles

    Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Hiles name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Knellis Hiles

    Married in 1780 in Baflo en Rasquert.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sutannah Hiles

    In a population register; born 1850 in Norfolk.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Trijnje Hiles

    Married in 1801 in Den Ham en Fransum.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Hiles 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 Adrien Matthias Hiles

    Born 1980 in Louviers (Eure); died 2001 in Puilboreau (Charente-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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