Gayfer 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 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 31
Somerset 0
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

Gayfer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gayfer family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Female Servant 3
Ag Labourer 1
Fish Carrier 1
Bleacher 1
Cotton Stocking Maker 1
Grocer Journeyman 1
Independent 1
Maden Clerk 1
Miller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gayfer

Name Census Frequency
William Gayfer 47
James Gayfer 27
John Gayfer 27
Mary Gayfer 23
George Gayfer 19
Charles Gayfer 15
Elizabeth Gayfer 15
Thomas Gayfer 15
Ellen Gayfer 14
Sarah Gayfer 13
Frederick Gayfer 12
Henry Gayfer 12
Annie Gayfer 11
Robert Gayfer 10
Violet Gayfer 10
Emily Gayfer 9
Walter Gayfer 9
Agnes Gayfer 8
Alice Gayfer 8
Ann Gayfer 8
Edith Gayfer 8
Hannah Gayfer 8
Jane Gayfer 8
Lydia Gayfer 8
Arthur Gayfer 7

Gayfer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gaffer 83% 1,012
2 Gayfer 100% 572

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The surname Gayfer is the 2nd most popular variant of Gaffer.

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