Jeays 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 0
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
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 0

Jeays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jeays family

Profession Census Frequency
Pupil 2
Bricklayer 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Tobacconist 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jeays

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Jeays 9
Mary Jeays 8
Ann Jeays 7
Edith Jeays 6
John Jeays 6
Joseph Jeays 6
Sarah Jeays 6
Thomas Jeays 6
George Jeays 5
Alice Jeays 4
Ellen Jeays 4
Harry Jeays 4
Caroline Jeays 3
Emma Jeays 3
Ernest Jeays 3
Henry Jeays 3
Jane Jeays 3
Ruth Jeays 3
William Jeays 3
Ada Jeays 2
Annie Jeays 2
Dora Jeays 2
Florence Jeays 2
Gordon Jeays 2
Joshua Jeays 2

Jeays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Jayes 60% 2,482
2 Joyes 40% 1,936
3 Jeyes 60% 898
4 Joys 60% 620
5 Jays 80% 616
6 Joyse 40% 182
7 Jeays 100% 130

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The surname Jeays is the 7th most popular variant of Jayes.

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