Gays 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 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
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 8
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
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 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gays family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Tailor 1
Servant 1
Female Servant 1
Gardener 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gays

Name Census Frequency
John Gays 29
William Gays 23
Mary Gays 16
Thomas Gays 14
Sarah Gays 11
Elizabeth Gays 10
James Gays 9
Frederick Gays 7
Harriet Gays 7
Alfred Gays 6
Arthur Gays 6
Henry Gays 6
Robert Gays 6
Ann Gays 5
Charles Gays 5
Emma Gays 5
Florence Gays 5
Hannah Gays 5
Jessie Gays 5
Louisa Gays 5
Catherine Gays 4
George Gays 4
Annie Gays 3
Clara Gays 3
Emily Gays 3

Gays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gaze 50% 3,649
2 Gayes 80% 510
3 Gays 100% 289
4 Gase 50% 139

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The surname Gays is the 3rd most popular variant of Gaze.

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