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Early Origins of the Kyles family

The surname Kyles was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, at Kyle, a former district of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The 15th century Kyle Castle lies in ruins near Cummock.

Early History of the Kyles family

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Kyles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Kyle, Kile and others.

Early Notables of the Kyles family

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Kyles Ranking

In the United States, the name Kyles is the 5,580th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Ireland Migration of the Kyles family to Ireland

Some of the Kyles family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 68 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Kyles family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Adam Kyle settled in Philadelphia in 1798; Jeremiah Kyle settled in Newcastle Del. in 1789; Frederick, George, Henry, Hugh, James, John, Joseph, Mathew, Richard, Robert, Samuel, Thomas and William Kyle all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.


Contemporary Notables of the name Kyles (post 1700) +

  • Troy Thomas Kyles (b. 1968), former professional American NFL football wide receiver
  • Stan Kyles (b. 1961), American former minor league baseball pitcher
  • David Kyles (b. 1989), American professional basketball player
  • Mildred A. Kyles, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1973-77; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984, 1996 2
  • J. G. Kyles, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924 2


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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