| Bedfordshire | 67 |
| Buckinghamshire | 8 |
| Berkshire | 5 |
| Cambridgeshire | 32 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 2 |
| Cornwall | 1 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 24 |
| Devon | 20 |
| Dorset | 2 |
| Durham | 28 |
| Essex | 205 |
| Gloucestershire | 85 |
| Hampshire | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 23 |
| Hertfordshire | 21 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 36 |
| Lancashire | 55 |
| Leicestershire | 33 |
| Lincolnshire | 54 |
| London | 353 |
| Middlesex | 27 |
| Northumberland | 11 |
| Norfolk | 58 |
| Northamptonshire | 51 |
| Nottinghamshire | 17 |
| Oxfordshire | 6 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 226 |
| Somerset | 32 |
| Surrey | 30 |
| Sussex | 17 |
| Staffordshire | 31 |
| Warwickshire | 22 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 26 |
| Worcestershire | 3 |
| Yorkshire | 65 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 3 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 4 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 306 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 120 |
| General Labourer | 19 |
| Labourer | 19 |
| Dress Maker | 17 |
| General Servant | 17 |
| Domestic Servant | 15 |
| Laundress | 14 |
| Farm Labourer | 13 |
| General Servant Domestic | 13 |
| Straw Plaiter | 10 |
| Carpenter | 7 |
| Charwoman | 7 |
| Brick Layer | 6 |
| Bricklayer Labourer | 6 |
| Cook | 6 |
| Housemaid | 6 |
| Servant | 6 |
| Butcher | 5 |
| Gardener | 5 |
| Nil | 5 |
| Printer | 5 |
| Tailor | 5 |
| Coal Miner | 5 |
| Waterman | 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The surname Mays is the 2nd most popular variant of Mayes.