Foay 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 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Foay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Foay family

Profession Census Frequency
Seamstress 2
Blacksmith 1
Female Servant 1
Shipwright 1
Stocking Maker 1
Independent 1
Porter 1
Waiter 1
Farmer 1
Independant 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Foay

Name Census Frequency
William Foay 21
Elizabeth Foay 12
Mary Foay 12
John Foay 10
Hannah Foay 7
James Foay 7
Charles Foay 6
Edward Foay 4
Henry Foay 4
Joseph Foay 4
Amelia Foay 3
Daniel Foay 3
David Foay 3
Eliza Foay 3
Emma Foay 3
Ethel Foay 3
Maria Foay 3
Robert Foay 3
Eva Foay 2
Fanny Foay 2
Frances Foay 2
Margaret Foay 2
Percy Foay 2
Richard Foay 2
Rose Foay 2

Foay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Foy 75% 13,737
2 Fay 75% 8,591
3 Fey 50% 1,849
4 Feay 75% 396
5 Foye 50% 355
6 Faye 50% 259
7 Fye 25% 248
8 Foay 100% 196

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The surname Foay is the 8th most popular variant of Foy.

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