Nayes 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
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

Nayes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nayes family

Profession Census Frequency
Cordwainer 2
Blacksmith 1
Book Seller 1
Miller 1
Dress Maker 1
Farmer Of 23 Acres 1
Farmer's Son Employing 1 Labourer 1
Shoe Maker 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Assistant 1
Needle Woman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nayes

Name Census Frequency
John Nayes 11
Mary Nayes 10
William Nayes 7
Ann Nayes 6
Charles Nayes 5
Robert Nayes 5
Thomas Nayes 5
Elizabeth Nayes 4
George Nayes 4
James Nayes 4
Joseph Nayes 4
David Nayes 3
Jane Nayes 3
Martha Nayes 3
Fanny Nayes 2
Helen Nayes 2
Margaret Nayes 2
Ada Nayes 1
Alice Nayes 1
Annie Nayes 1
Arthur Nayes 1
Benjamin Nayes 1
Bertha Nayes 1
Bertie Nayes 1
Clara Nayes 1

Nayes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Noyes 80% 4,870
2 Noys 60% 159
3 Nayes 100% 121
4 Noyse 40% 110

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The surname Nayes is the 3rd most popular variant of Noyes.

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