Heay 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 10
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 4
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
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

Heay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heay family

Profession Census Frequency
Oppician 2
Charwoman 1
Female Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1
Agent 1
Builder 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Heay

Name Census Frequency
William Heay 28
Mary Heay 27
John Heay 25
Elizabeth Heay 23
Sarah Heay 19
James Heay 18
Thomas Heay 13
Margaret Heay 12
George Heay 11
Richard Heay 11
Charles Heay 10
Jane Heay 10
Ann Heay 9
Henry Heay 9
Eliza Heay 8
Martha Heay 8
Annie Heay 7
Alice Heay 6
Joseph Heay 6
Peter Heay 6
Robert Heay 6
Alexander Heay 5
Samuel Heay 5
Emily Heay 4
Frederick Heay 4

Heay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hay 75% 36,760
2 Hey 75% 19,967
3 Hoy 50% 10,486
4 Haye 50% 3,944
5 Hoye 25% 2,358
6 Hoey 50% 1,720
7 Heay 100% 425
8 Huey 50% 403
9 Hye 25% 380
10 Huy 50% 255

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The surname Heay is the 7th most popular variant of Hay.

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