Last Name GILES

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Meaning	The son of Giles, a curious familiar for Egidius. It is very difficult to find a Giles in the 13th and 14th centuries registers, as it is all but invariably entered Egidius. Whether or no Giles was originally a contraction of Egidius, or a substitute for it, it is hard to say. The two seem to have nothing in common. As Gill was familiar to Julia, so Giles at first represented Julius. We must remember that exactly the same accident hasbefallen Jack as representing John, as it does in ENgland, yet, more correctly, James.

Origin	English, Spanish, French, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	805 (2000 US census)	729 (1990 US census)

Count	39,002 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

67.59%, or 26361 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.14%, or 10195 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 137 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.5%, or 195 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.65%, or 644 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.77%, or 1470 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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