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 201
Buckinghamshire 18
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 106
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 11
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 34
Devon 14
Dorset 5
Durham 75
Essex 526
Gloucestershire 48
Hampshire 49
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 97
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 76
Isle of Man 0
Kent 100
Lancashire 166
Leicestershire 137
Lincolnshire 68
London 706
Middlesex 162
Northumberland 53
Norfolk 571
Northamptonshire 480
Nottinghamshire 78
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 76
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 452
Somerset 7
Surrey 104
Sussex 34
Staffordshire 65
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 298

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mayes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mayes family

Profession Census Frequency
School 495
Farm Labourer 123
General Servant (domestic) 33
General Labourer 28
Dressmaker 24
Labourer 23
Private Means 22
Old Age Pensioner 21
Clerk 20
Laundress 19
Domestic Servant 18
General Servant Domestic 18
None 17
Horseman On Farm 17
Soldier 15
At Home 14
Carpenter 14
Dress Maker 14
House Keeper 14
House Painter 14
Labourer On Farm 14
Scholar 13
At School 13
Farmer 13
Cook 12

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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