Mey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Mey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mey family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Servant 1
Teacher Of Languages 1
Annuitant 1
Corn Miller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mey

Name Census Frequency
William Mey 13
John Mey 9
Elizabeth Mey 7
Emma Mey 4
George Mey 4
Sarah Mey 4
Francis Mey 3
Gertrude Mey 3
James Mey 3
Jane Mey 3
Samuel Mey 3
Thomas Mey 3
Ada Mey 2
Alfred Mey 2
Alice Mey 2
Ernest Mey 2
Fanny Mey 2
Henry Mey 2
Isabella Mey 2
Jacob Mey 2
Mary Mey 2
Paul Mey 2
Victor Mey 1
Violet Mey 1
Wilson Mey 1

Mey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 May 67% 138,201
2 Mayo 50% 13,780
3 Amey 75% 6,672
4 Amy 33% 5,324
5 Moy 67% 4,009
6 Moye 50% 1,439
7 Meigh 40% 1,403
8 Maye 50% 881
9 Mye 33% 384
10 Maay 50% 214
11 Emey 75% 174
12 Mey 100% 148
13 Aamey 60% 141

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The surname Mey is the 12th most popular variant of May.

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