Ainey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cumberland 13
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 2
Westmorland 9
Yorkshire 5
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Ainey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ainey family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 2
Cotton Spinner 1
Pencil Maker 1
Cordwainer 1
Independant 1
Independent 1
Woollen Weaver 1
Excavator 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ainey

Name Census Frequency
John Ainey 18
Mary Ainey 9
Sarah Ainey 8
William Ainey 8
Thomas Ainey 7
Eliza Ainey 5
Elizabeth Ainey 5
Margaret Ainey 4
Robert Ainey 3
Ann Ainey 2
Annie Ainey 2
George Ainey 2
Richard Ainey 2
Susan Ainey 2
Agnes Ainey 1
Alice Ainey 1
Bridget Ainey 1
David Ainey 1
Dinah Ainey 1
Edward Ainey 1
Ellen Ainey 1
Eloise Ainey 1
Fanny Ainey 1
Florrie Ainey 1
Frank Ainey 1

Ainey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nye 20% 11,949
2 Noy 40% 1,888
3 Nay 40% 1,040
4 Noye 20% 624
5 Ney 60% 276
6 Oney 60% 180
7 Aney 80% 167
8 Any 60% 129
9 Ainey 100% 106

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The surname Ainey is the 9th most popular variant of Nye.

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