Deykes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 3

Deykes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Deykes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Lace Runner 2
Saddler's Widow 1
Grocer 1
Plumber & Glazier 1
Clogmaker Pauper 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Basket Maker 1
Dressmaker 1
Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Deykes

Name Census Frequency
William Deykes 22
Mary Deykes 16
John Deykes 15
Richard Deykes 13
Eliza Deykes 10
Elizabeth Deykes 9
Thomas Deykes 7
Ann Deykes 6
Charles Deykes 5
Alice Deykes 4
Harriet Deykes 4
James Deykes 4
Sarah Deykes 4
Albert Deykes 3
Alfred Deykes 3
Arthur Deykes 3
Eleanor Deykes 3
Fanny Deykes 3
Florence Deykes 3
George Deykes 3
Isabella Deykes 3
Jane Deykes 3
Samuel Deykes 3
Andrew Deykes 2
Annie Deykes 2

Deykes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dykes 83% 10,634
2 Decks 67% 1,324
3 Dex 33% 495
4 Deex 50% 287
5 Deykes 100% 202

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The surname Deykes is the 5th most popular variant of Dykes.

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