Pyles
A surname usually treated as a variant of Pyle, often linked to a place-name or a nickname for someone from a narrow strip or boundary land.
The #4,622 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 40,217 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Pyles is generally understood as a variant of Pyle, a name with more than one possible source. One common explanation is that it comes from Middle English pil or pille, meaning a stake, post, or boundary marker, and by extension a small settlement or boundary place. In some cases it may also be connected with topographic or locational naming rather than a single fixed family origin.
History
The surname is most familiar in English-speaking countries, especially the United States, where it appears in several spelling forms. Like many surnames ending in -s, Pyles may also have developed as a patronymic or possessive-style variant of an earlier form such as Pyle. Because the name is relatively uncommon, many modern bearers may share a spelling but not a single ancestral origin.
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Fun fact
The extra -s in surnames like Pyles often reflects old English surname variation rather than a plural form.