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 181
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 4
Cambridgeshire 63
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 40
Devon 5
Dorset 1
Durham 54
Essex 348
Gloucestershire 29
Hampshire 29
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 57
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 64
Isle of Man 0
Kent 61
Lancashire 134
Leicestershire 119
Lincolnshire 66
London 538
Middlesex 60
Northumberland 37
Norfolk 500
Northamptonshire 411
Nottinghamshire 56
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 64
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 385
Somerset 9
Surrey 88
Sussex 45
Staffordshire 108
Warwickshire 33
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 212

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mayes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mayes family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 48
General Labourer 38
Scholar 35
General Servant Domestic 30
Living On Own Means 29
Dress Maker 26
Cook Domestic 22
Shoe Maker 22
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 21
Farmer 19
Housemaid Domestic 15
Carpenter 14
Laundress Wash 11
Tailor 11
Domestic Servant 10
Charwoman 9
Commercial Clerk 9
Dressmaker 9
School 8
Market Gardener 8
Gardener Domestic 8
Brick Layer 7
House Maid Domestic 7
Laundress 7
Cotton Weaver 7

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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