The Pyles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,677 people carried this name — #4,622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,435 in 2000.

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In print

Pyles in American newspapers,
1906–1915.

Newspaper page from Bill Barlow's Budget carrying the name Pyles
Bill Barlow's Budget 1908-11-25
Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Pyles
The Farmer And Mechanic 1915-10-12
Newspaper page from The Maui News carrying the name Pyles
The Maui News 1906-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 174,528 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pyles in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

139 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pyles. The most, 20, 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 Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 79
New South Wales 23
Queensland 17
Tasmania 12
South Australia 5
Western Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named Pyles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • V.E. Pyles 1891–1965 · Private
  • Vern Pyles 1919–2013 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Pyles,
in the records of 3 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 States442 records

442 records of the Pyles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 333
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 86
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harley Boyd Pyles

    Born 1930; from Enon, Ohio. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1965 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Pyles Family Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde E. Pyles

    Born 1916 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks; toolmaker from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, 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)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James Aaron Pyles

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1975, died 2000; buried at St Mary Cemetery, Cottondale, Florida.

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

Showing 3 of 442 records for Pyles in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Pyles name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Stephen Pyles

    Married 1797 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Pyles name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Pyles

    Sailed from Victoria in 1853 aboard the Clarence I, bound for Launceston, aged 34.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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