| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 9 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 3 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 11 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 25 |
| Middlesex | 3 |
| Northumberland | 12 |
| Norfolk | 7 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 18 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 52 |
| Somerset | 7 |
| Surrey | 3 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 2 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 29 |
| Yorkshire | 0 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 3 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Labourer | 14 |
| Female Servant | 7 |
| Independent | 5 |
| Agri Labour | 4 |
| Independant | 4 |
| Pauper | 3 |
| Stone Mason | 2 |
| Hair Dresser | 2 |
| Brick Layer | 2 |
| Needle Maker | 2 |
| Baker | 1 |
| Carman | 1 |
| Coffee House Keeper | 1 |
| Dress Maker | 1 |
| Grocer | 1 |
| House Painter | 1 |
| Pawnbroker | 1 |
| Servant | 1 |
| Ag Labourer | 1 |
| Coach Maker | 1 |
| Coachmaker | 1 |
| Farmer | 1 |
| Labourer | 1 |
| Millart Labourer | 1 |
| Letter Carrier | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Lait | 198 |
| John Lait | 136 |
| Mary Lait | 126 |
| Thomas Lait | 112 |
| Charles Lait | 106 |
| Sarah Lait | 101 |
| Elizabeth Lait | 86 |
| George Lait | 84 |
| James Lait | 78 |
| Robert Lait | 62 |
| Ann Lait | 55 |
| Jane Lait | 46 |
| Annie Lait | 43 |
| Frederick Lait | 42 |
| Alice Lait | 40 |
| Richard Lait | 40 |
| Florence Lait | 37 |
| Ellen Lait | 36 |
| Margaret Lait | 36 |
| Eliza Lait | 34 |
| Emma Lait | 32 |
| Edward Lait | 31 |
| Henry Lait | 30 |
| Walter Lait | 30 |
| Alfred Lait | 29 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay | 50% | 17,630 |
| 2 | Ley | 25% | 10,502 |
| 3 | Ault | 25% | 4,849 |
| 4 | Lait | 100% | 2,735 |
| 5 | Leat | 50% | 2,354 |
| 6 | Leete | 40% | 1,877 |
| 7 | Late | 50% | 1,486 |
| 8 | Eliot | 40% | 1,324 |
| 9 | Lote | 25% | 1,216 |
| 10 | Leet | 50% | 876 |
| 11 | Loat | 50% | 689 |
| 12 | Laye | 50% | 642 |
| 13 | Elt | 25% | 404 |
| 14 | Alt | 50% | 353 |
| 15 | Lot | 50% | 282 |
| 16 | Lute | 25% | 252 |
| 17 | Laitt | 80% | 250 |
| 18 | Lout | 50% | 231 |
| 19 | Laite | 80% | 194 |
| 20 | Leate | 40% | 163 |
| 21 | Lite | 50% | 154 |
| 22 | Laigh | 60% | 109 |
The surname Lait is the 4th most popular variant of Lay.