Mays Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 43
Brecknockshire 2
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 2
Derbyshire 2
Devon 25
Dorset 54
Durham 2
Essex 197
Gloucestershire 67
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 43
Hertfordshire 39
Hunts and Rutland 28
Kent 13
Lancashire 33
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 19
London 173
Middlesex 4
Monmouthshire 24
Norfolk 154
Northamptonshire 90
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 4
Suffolk 298
Somerset 27
Surrey 12
Sussex 25
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 16
Wiltshire 13
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 8
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northumberland 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Westmorland 0

Mays Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mays family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 113
Female Servant 60
Labourer 35
Male Servant 30
Ag Labourer 28
Independent 24
Shoe Maker 16
Farmer 14
Dress Maker 10
Tailor 9
Fisher Man 7
Sawyer 6
Inn Keeper 5
Nurse 5
Butcher 5
Plaster 5
School Mistress 4
Apprentice 4
Independant 4
Porter 4
Turner 3
Laundress 3
Printer 3
Painter 3
Lace Maker 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Mays

Name Census Frequency
William Mays 1,102
Mary Mays 1,013
John Mays 777
Elizabeth Mays 678
George Mays 652
Sarah Mays 534
James Mays 510
Thomas Mays 493
Charles Mays 418
Eliza Mays 310
Ann Mays 309
Henry Mays 306
Robert Mays 228
Emma Mays 213
Frederick Mays 209
Joseph Mays 209
Jane Mays 204
Ellen Mays 201
Alice Mays 194
Alfred Mays 190
Emily Mays 181
Annie Mays 179
Arthur Mays 172
Edward Mays 156
Hannah Mays 141

Mays Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mayes 80% 20,264
2 Mays 100% 15,690
3 Moyse 60% 4,534
4 Moyes 60% 4,251
5 Mase 50% 1,027
6 Moys 75% 655
7 Mayse 80% 436
8 Amys 50% 413
9 Amyes 40% 394
10 Mais 75% 357
11 Maze 50% 226
12 Myas 50% 168
13 Masse 60% 136
14 Mayze 60% 123
15 Maize 40% 119
16 Myes 50% 111
17 Meays 80% 106

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The surname Mays is the 2nd most popular variant of Mayes.

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