| Bedfordshire | 7 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 1 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 6 |
| Devon | 4 |
| Dorset | 3 |
| Durham | 25 |
| Essex | 35 |
| Gloucestershire | 48 |
| Hampshire | 32 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 11 |
| Lancashire | 85 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 3 |
| London | 181 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Northumberland | 27 |
| Norfolk | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 9 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 5 |
| Suffolk | 9 |
| Somerset | 231 |
| Surrey | 54 |
| Sussex | 31 |
| Staffordshire | 5 |
| Warwickshire | 18 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 87 |
| Worcestershire | 21 |
| Yorkshire | 87 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 10 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 51 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 100 |
| Private Means | 14 |
| Farm Labourer | 10 |
| General Labourer | 9 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 8 |
| None | 7 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 6 |
| Butcher | 5 |
| General Servant Domestic | 5 |
| Labourer | 5 |
| Dressmaker | 5 |
| Scholar | 5 |
| Lodging House Keeper | 5 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| School Boy | 4 |
| Labourer General | 4 |
| Clerk | 4 |
| Gardener | 4 |
| Old Age Pensioner | 4 |
| Assistant | 3 |
| Dock Labourer | 3 |
| Domestic Servant | 3 |
| Milk Carrier | 3 |
| Carpenter | 3 |
| Domestic | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Lye | 436 |
| Mary Lye | 400 |
| Elizabeth Lye | 314 |
| Thomas Lye | 313 |
| George Lye | 281 |
| John Lye | 271 |
| Sarah Lye | 248 |
| James Lye | 183 |
| Ann Lye | 177 |
| Henry Lye | 163 |
| Charles Lye | 152 |
| Jane Lye | 124 |
| Ellen Lye | 110 |
| Robert Lye | 110 |
| Eliza Lye | 91 |
| Annie Lye | 88 |
| Emily Lye | 84 |
| Alice Lye | 83 |
| Joseph Lye | 78 |
| Alfred Lye | 73 |
| Edward Lye | 68 |
| Emma Lye | 68 |
| Louisa Lye | 61 |
| Francis Lye | 59 |
| Martha Lye | 57 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay | 33% | 17,630 |
| 2 | Eley | 25% | 13,721 |
| 3 | Ely | 33% | 12,676 |
| 4 | Ley | 33% | 10,502 |
| 5 | Lye | 100% | 6,717 |
| 6 | Ealey | 20% | 2,444 |
| 7 | Loy | 33% | 2,069 |
| 8 | Aley | 25% | 1,828 |
| 9 | Iley | 25% | 1,726 |
| 10 | Leay | 25% | 1,019 |
| 11 | Oley | 25% | 651 |
| 12 | Laye | 75% | 642 |
| 13 | Loye | 75% | 425 |
| 14 | Ealy | 25% | 393 |
| 15 | Lie | 67% | 303 |
| 16 | Elay | 25% | 272 |
| 17 | Ailey | 20% | 270 |
| 18 | Leoy | 25% | 213 |
| 19 | Auley | 20% | 164 |
| 20 | Eeley | 20% | 119 |
| 21 | Eloy | 25% | 115 |
| 22 | Oaley | 20% | 110 |
The surname Lye is the 5th most popular variant of Lay.