Heays 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 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 5
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

Heays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Heays family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Farmer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Heays

Name Census Frequency
John Heays 12
Mary Heays 12
James Heays 11
Elizabeth Heays 7
George Heays 6
Hannah Heays 6
Richard Heays 6
Thomas Heays 5
William Heays 5
Alice Heays 4
David Heays 3
Edward Heays 3
Jane Heays 3
Margaret Heays 3
Sarah Heays 3
Alies Heays 2
Ann Heays 2
Arthur Heays 2
Florence Heays 2
Henry Heays 2
Isabella Heays 2
Joseph Heays 2
Peter Heays 2
Ruth Heays 2
Barbara Heays 1

Heays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hayes 60% 124,333
2 Heyes 60% 17,180
3 Heys 80% 15,004
4 Hays 80% 12,538
5 Hoyes 40% 3,873
6 Hesse 40% 1,062
7 Hayse 60% 641
8 Hyes 40% 621
9 Hoys 60% 219
10 Heayes 83% 174
11 Heays 100% 144
12 Hease 60% 113
13 Heas 80% 102

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The surname Heays is the 11th most popular variant of Hayes.

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