Lays 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 2
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 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 16
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
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 1
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Lays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lays family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar At Home 6
Scholar 4
Servant 2
House Servant 2
Laundress 1
Painter 1
Carpenter 1
Formerly Tailor 1
Officer Of Customs 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Labourer 1
Pauper's Wife 1
Captain Barriah Marte 1
Fund Holder 1
Dress Maker 1
Farm Labourer 1
Needle Paperer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lays

Name Census Frequency
William Lays 16
Mary Lays 11
Elizabeth Lays 10
Annie Lays 7
John Lays 7
George Lays 6
Sarah Lays 6
Ann Lays 5
Thomas Lays 5
James Lays 4
Joseph Lays 4
Martha Lays 4
Eliza Lays 3
Ellen Lays 3
Fanny Lays 3
Henry Lays 3
Robert Lays 3
Alice Lays 2
Charles Lays 2
David Lays 2
Edward Lays 2
Emily Lays 2
Frances Lays 2
Hannah Lays 2
Lydia Lays 2

Lays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lyes 50% 1,198
2 Lyas 50% 1,041
3 Leys 75% 363
4 Lys 75% 325
5 Lase 50% 225
6 Lays 100% 174
7 Lyous 40% 144
8 Layes 80% 115
9 Leis 50% 102

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The surname Lays is the 6th most popular variant of Lyes.

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