Dye Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cambridgeshire 31
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 1
Derbyshire 1
Devon 8
Essex 31
Flintshire 8
Glamorgan 1
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 5
Hertfordshire 52
Hunts and Rutland 7
Kent 35
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 6
London 137
Norfolk 820
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 1
Suffolk 99
Somerset 8
Surrey 24
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 4
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 4
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Dye Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dye family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 68
Agricultural Labourer 63
Ag Labourer 40
Labourer 33
Weaver 21
Independent 19
Farmer 17
Male Servant 15
Shoe Maker 13
Silk Weaver 12
Dress Maker 9
Carpenter 7
Sawyer 5
Tailor 5
Publican 4
Wheelwright 4
Boot Maker 4
Gardener 4
Wheel Wright 4
Mariner 3
Agricultural Lab 3
Clerk 3
Cooper 3
Fish Monger 3
Independant 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Dye

Name Census Frequency
William Dye 1,008
Mary Dye 961
John Dye 807
Elizabeth Dye 688
James Dye 600
George Dye 519
Charles Dye 504
Sarah Dye 501
Robert Dye 494
Alice Dye 327
Henry Dye 306
Ann Dye 297
Thomas Dye 273
Eliza Dye 262
Alfred Dye 257
Edward Dye 238
Arthur Dye 223
Emma Dye 221
Jane Dye 201
Ellen Dye 190
Hannah Dye 180
Frederick Dye 177
Samuel Dye 162
Maria Dye 160
Susan Dye 159

Dye Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Day 33% 209,871
2 Dye 100% 16,222
3 Adey 25% 6,886
4 Eady 25% 5,272
5 Doy 33% 2,588
6 Edey 25% 1,928
7 Dey 33% 1,818
8 Ody 33% 1,746
9 Udy 33% 1,027
10 Odey 25% 953
11 Edy 33% 927
12 Ady 33% 844
13 Adye 75% 589
14 Daye 75% 426
15 Oday 25% 387
16 Doye 75% 379
17 Edye 75% 314
18 Eadey 20% 209
19 Eudey 20% 163
20 Die 67% 161
21 Aday 25% 154
22 Aedy 25% 108
23 Duy 33% 108
24 Deay 25% 105

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The surname Dye is the 2nd most popular variant of Day.

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