Gayson 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 4
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 2
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 3

Gayson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gayson family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Cas Manager 1
Apprentice Engineer 1
Cotton Warp Dresser 1
Farm Labourer 1
Servant Domestic 1
Waggoner On Farm 1
At Home 1
Dressmaker 1
Railway Platelayer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gayson

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gayson 35
John Gayson 30
William Gayson 24
Elizabeth Gayson 21
Jane Gayson 15
Thomas Gayson 15
James Gayson 13
Sarah Gayson 13
Henry Gayson 11
Ann Gayson 10
Ellen Gayson 10
Charles Gayson 9
Eliza Gayson 9
Emma Gayson 8
George Gayson 8
Joseph Gayson 7
Martha Gayson 7
Richard Gayson 7
Albert Gayson 6
Edward Gayson 6
Alice Gayson 5
Margaret Gayson 5
Robert Gayson 5
Alfred Gayson 4
Frances Gayson 4

Gayson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gayson 100% 405
2 Geyson 83% 266

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