Flay Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Flay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Flay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 21
Agricultural Labourer 8
Lace Maker 3
Labourer 3
Clerk 2
General Servant 2
Servant 2
Domestic Servant 2
Tin Plate Worker 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Landed Proprietors Wife 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Gardener Labourer 1
Road Labourer 1
Ag Lab 1
Boiler Maker 1
Sawyer 1
Solicitor 1
Watch Makers Daughter 1
Whitelands Training 1
Engine Driver At Saw Mills Sawyer 1
House Keeper Cook 1
Retired Inn Keeper 1
Seamstress 1
Thatcher 1

Flay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Foley 60% 21,619
2 Fly 75% 1,495
3 Flay 100% 1,340
4 Feeley 50% 1,228
5 Faley 60% 715
6 Feely 40% 703
7 Fley 75% 635
8 Filey 60% 357
9 Failey 50% 335
10 Fealey 50% 309
11 Fooley 50% 269
12 Floy 75% 214
13 Foly 50% 204
14 Fleay 80% 159
15 Flye 50% 140
16 Feley 60% 109

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The surname Flay is the 3rd most popular variant of Foley.

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