Payson 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 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 5
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

Payson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Payson family

Profession Census Frequency
School Mistrees 2
Cotton 1
Independent 1
Labourer 1
Silk 1
Female Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Clerk 1
Indenpent 1
Traveller 1
Bricklayer 1
Dressmaker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Payson

Name Census Frequency
John Payson 9
Sarah Payson 8
William Payson 8
Mary Payson 7
Ann Payson 6
Elizabeth Payson 5
Hannah Payson 5
Henry Payson 5
Thomas Payson 5
Alfred Payson 4
Joseph Payson 4
Annie Payson 3
Eva Payson 3
James Payson 3
Ada Payson 2
Albert Payson 2
Amelia Payson 2
Charles Payson 2
George Payson 2
Harry Payson 2
Hilda Payson 2
Louisa Payson 2
Samuel Payson 2
Susannah Payson 2
Alice Payson 1

Payson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Poyson 83% 265
2 Payson 100% 136

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The surname Payson is the 2nd most popular variant of Poyson.

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