Leys 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 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

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

Leys Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leys family

Profession Census Frequency
Cook 1
Page Boy 1
School Boy 1
Apprentice At The Ropler College 1
At Home 1
Child 1
Infant 1
Tea Dealer 1
Wife 1
Domestic Servant 1
Railway Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Leys

Name Census Frequency
John Leys 25
James Leys 23
William Leys 22
Mary Leys 17
Alexander Leys 13
Charles Leys 12
Thomas Leys 12
George Leys 11
Ann Leys 8
Elizabeth Leys 8
Margaret Leys 8
Sarah Leys 8
Eliza Leys 7
Robert Leys 6
Annie Leys 5
Emma Leys 5
Hugh Leys 5
Albert Leys 4
Alice Leys 4
Beatrice Leys 4
Helen Leys 4
Jane Leys 4
Maud Leys 4
Ethel Leys 3
Hannah Leys 3

Leys Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lyes 50% 1,198
2 Lyas 50% 1,041
3 Leys 100% 363
4 Lys 75% 325
5 Lase 25% 225
6 Lays 75% 174
7 Lyous 40% 144
8 Layes 60% 115
9 Leis 75% 102

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The surname Leys is the 3rd most popular variant of Lyes.

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