| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 7 |
| Cheshire | 35 |
| Cornwall | 5 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 24 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 4 |
| Essex | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 6 |
| Hampshire | 8 |
| Herefordshire | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 7 |
| Lancashire | 1,479 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 4 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 0 |
| Norfolk | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 9 |
| Somerset | 8 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 4 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 2 |
| Yorkshire | 60 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 3 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 3 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 258 |
| Cotton Weaver | 134 |
| Coal Miner | 37 |
| House Keeper | 30 |
| Cotton Power Loom Weaver | 29 |
| Power Loom Cotton Weaver | 28 |
| Labourer | 17 |
| Cotton Spinner | 16 |
| Cotton Winder | 14 |
| House Servant | 14 |
| Weaver Cotton | 13 |
| Carter | 12 |
| Grocer | 10 |
| Cotton Powerloom Weaver | 10 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 8 |
| At Home | 8 |
| Cotton Factory Worker | 8 |
| Stone Mason | 8 |
| Servant | 7 |
| Blacksmith | 6 |
| House Wife | 6 |
| Weaver | 6 |
| Woollen Weaver | 6 |
| Block Printer | 5 |
| Cotton Carder | 5 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Heys | 1,244 |
| John Heys | 1,242 |
| James Heys | 889 |
| William Heys | 695 |
| Elizabeth Heys | 673 |
| Sarah Heys | 606 |
| Thomas Heys | 538 |
| Alice Heys | 509 |
| Ann Heys | 391 |
| Henry Heys | 388 |
| Jane Heys | 361 |
| Margaret Heys | 342 |
| George Heys | 326 |
| Richard Heys | 287 |
| Ellen Heys | 286 |
| Joseph Heys | 276 |
| Robert Heys | 244 |
| Hannah Heys | 226 |
| Martha Heys | 182 |
| Annie Heys | 148 |
| Betty Heys | 140 |
| Edward Heys | 122 |
| Samuel Heys | 108 |
| Eliza Heys | 107 |
| Emma Heys | 105 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayes | 60% | 124,333 |
| 2 | Heyes | 80% | 17,180 |
| 3 | Heys | 100% | 15,004 |
| 4 | Hays | 75% | 12,538 |
| 5 | Hoyes | 60% | 3,873 |
| 6 | Hase | 25% | 1,843 |
| 7 | Hayse | 60% | 641 |
| 8 | Hyes | 50% | 621 |
| 9 | Haase | 40% | 278 |
| 10 | Hoys | 75% | 219 |
| 11 | Haze | 25% | 181 |
| 12 | Heayes | 67% | 174 |
| 13 | Heays | 80% | 144 |
| 14 | Hasse | 40% | 131 |
| 15 | Haasse | 33% | 100 |
| 16 | Haighs | 33% | 100 |
The surname Heys is the 3rd most popular variant of Hayes.