Mayes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 137
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 34
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 23
Devon 14
Dorset 7
Durham 60
Essex 197
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 39
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 67
Isle of Man 0
Kent 41
Lancashire 103
Leicestershire 81
Lincolnshire 43
London 504
Middlesex 31
Northumberland 32
Norfolk 356
Northamptonshire 326
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 67
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 232
Somerset 10
Surrey 55
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 46
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 101

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mayes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mayes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 445
Agricultural Labourer 117
General Labourer 37
Dress Maker 31
Domestic Servant 26
Labourer 25
Shoe Maker 25
General Servant 17
Living On Own Means 16
Carpenter 15
Farm Labourer 11
Farmer 11
Laundress 11
General Domestic Servant 11
Gardener 11
Tailor 10
Cotton Weaver 10
General Servant Domestic 9
Carman 7
Baker 7
Coal Miner 7
Dressmaker 7
Fisherman 7
Ironstone Miner 7
Groom 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Mayes

Name Census Frequency
William Mayes 1,345
Mary Mayes 1,060
John Mayes 963
George Mayes 863
Elizabeth Mayes 783
Sarah Mayes 681
James Mayes 596
Charles Mayes 560
Thomas Mayes 525
Ann Mayes 346
Henry Mayes 344
Eliza Mayes 328
Robert Mayes 323
Alice Mayes 315
Arthur Mayes 303
Frederick Mayes 302
Emma Mayes 283
Jane Mayes 277
Walter Mayes 267
Ellen Mayes 257
Emily Mayes 249
Annie Mayes 247
Joseph Mayes 234
Alfred Mayes 228
Edward Mayes 223

Mayes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mayes 100% 20,264
2 Mays 80% 15,690
3 Moyse 40% 4,534
4 Moyes 80% 4,251
5 Mase 60% 1,027
6 Moys 60% 655
7 Mayse 60% 436
8 Amys 40% 413
9 Amyes 60% 394
10 Mais 60% 357
11 Maze 60% 226
12 Myas 60% 168
13 Masse 40% 136
14 Mayze 60% 123
15 Maize 40% 119
16 Myes 80% 111
17 Meays 60% 106

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The surname Mayes is the most popular version of all its varients

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