Keays 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 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
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

Keays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Keays family

Profession Census Frequency
House Maid Domestic Servant 1
No Occupation 1
Printer Compositor 1
Solicitor 1
General Helper Domestic 1
Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Keays

Name Census Frequency
William Keays 21
Frederick Keays 11
Mary Keays 11
James Keays 8
Arthur Keays 7
Elizabeth Keays 7
Margaret Keays 6
Ann Keays 5
Thomas Keays 5
Edward Keays 4
Eliza Keays 4
Henry Keays 4
Jane Keays 4
John Keays 4
George Keays 3
Herbert Keays 3
Joseph Keays 3
Maud Keays 3
Amelia Keays 2
Annie Keays 2
Charlotte Keays 2
Cyril Keays 2
Dorcas Keays 2
Edith Keays 2
Eglantine Keays 2

Keays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Keys 80% 9,269
2 Keyes 60% 2,183
3 Kayes 60% 1,421
4 Keyse 60% 907
5 Kays 80% 747
6 Keeys 80% 276
7 Keays 100% 192

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The surname Keays is the 7th most popular variant of Keys.

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