Eye 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 4
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
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 0
Radnorshire 0

Eye Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Eye family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 1
Tailor 1
Book Keeper 1
Potter 1
Pupil 1
Blacksmith 1
Toll Collector 1
Print Works 1
Spinner 1
Turner 1
Solicitor 1
Dress Maker 1
Clerk 1
Male Servant 1
Confectioner 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Eye

Name Census Frequency
William Eye 33
John Eye 31
Mary Eye 31
George Eye 25
James Eye 15
Thomas Eye 14
Ann Eye 13
Hannah Eye 13
Elizabeth Eye 12
Joseph Eye 11
Emily Eye 10
Sarah Eye 10
Annie Eye 9
Charles Eye 9
Eliza Eye 9
Ellen Eye 8
Henry Eye 8
Alice Eye 7
Edward Eye 7
Jane Eye 7
Alfred Eye 6
Emma Eye 6
Samuel Eye 6
Catherine Eye 5
Frederick Eye 5

Eye Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yeo 33% 10,693
2 Eye 100% 481
3 Yea 33% 432
4 Yoe 33% 338
5 Youe 25% 184
6 Yee 33% 161
7 Iye 67% 131
8 Aye 67% 115

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The surname Eye is the 2nd most popular variant of Yeo.

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