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 31
Dress Maker 7
Agricultural Labourer 5
Coachmans Child 5
Labourer 3
Domestic Servant 3
General Servant 2
Cabinet Maker 2
General Labourer 2
Masons Labourer 2
Annuitant 2
Farm Labourer 2
Farm Servant Indoor 2
Hawker 2
Baker Employing 1 Man 1
Cab Driver 1
Coachman Domestic 1
Coachmans Wife 1
Formerly Groom 1
Green Grocer 1
House Maid Domestic Servant 1
Journeyman Tailor 1
Laundress 1
Plasterer 1
Retail Grocer Employing 4 Assistant 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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