Piles of Kyles: Why nearly 1,500 people named Kyle met in the city of Kyle

By Barney Riley via SWNS

A city in Texas called Kyle has attempted to break the world record for the biggest-ever gathering of people with the same name - Kyle.

City leaders were aiming to beat the current record of 2,325 Ivans who descended on the town of Kupres in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017.

Kyles from as far afield as Hawaii, Canada and Alaska flocked to the 'Gathering of the Kyles' at the Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza on Sunday, May 21.

Drone footage shows the attendees swarming into the event all wearing white.

But sadly the attempt fell short of the target, with just 1,490 Kyles attending before the 6 pm deadline.

A spokesperson for the city of Kyle said: "On Sunday, May 21, Kyles from all over the world came to the City of Kyle in hopes of beating the record of 2,325 people with the same first name to gather at the same time in the same place.

"After a thorough count and recount of all registrations, we had a total of 1,490 Kyles in attendance.

"We are so grateful to the hundreds of Kyles that attended the Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza to participate in this World Record attempt.

"Kyles from all over the country answered the call, with Kyles from 49 of the 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska, attending the Gathering of the Kyles — the majority of which came from all reaches of Texas."

"We also had global representation with attendees from Ontario, Calgary, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, Canada."

"We thank the many Kyles that turned out for this event and were blown away by their enthusiasm and camaraderie.

"We hope even more Kyles will join us next year when we once again attempt to break the record for the largest same-name gathering.

"We look forward to putting on an even bigger, better attempt at this record and hope that Kyles far and wide help us spread the word in order to break this long-standing record."