Gayter 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 6
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
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 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gayter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gayter family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 2
Baker 2
Labourer 1
Lace Maker 1
Stincrant 1
Carpenter 1
Independent 1
Cotton Doubler 1
Sempstress 1
Plasterer 1
Shoemaker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gayter

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gayter 34
James Gayter 33
William Gayter 33
John Gayter 32
Elizabeth Gayter 29
Sarah Gayter 29
Joseph Gayter 17
Thomas Gayter 17
George Gayter 12
Alfred Gayter 11
Alice Gayter 11
Annie Gayter 11
Henry Gayter 11
Charles Gayter 10
Ellen Gayter 9
Ann Gayter 8
Hannah Gayter 8
Martha Gayter 8
Arthur Gayter 7
Edward Gayter 7
Eliza Gayter 7
Harry Gayter 7
Margaret Gayter 7
Albert Gayter 6
Edith Gayter 6

Gayter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gater 83% 6,448
2 Gatter 83% 774
3 Gayter 100% 576
4 Gaiter 83% 435
5 Gaytor 83% 129

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The surname Gayter is the 3rd most popular variant of Gater.

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