Peay 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 4
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Peay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Peay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Clerk In Railway 1
Living On Her Own Means 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Dress Maker 1
Farmer 1
Groom & Gardener 1
Upholsterer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Peay

Name Census Frequency
William Peay 19
Elizabeth Peay 9
Mary Peay 9
Sarah Peay 9
John Peay 7
James Peay 5
Martha Peay 5
Charles Peay 4
Ann Peay 3
Ebenezer Peay 3
Jabez Peay 3
Agnes Peay 2
Catherine Peay 2
Eliza Peay 2
Ernest Peay 2
Florence Peay 2
Frank Peay 2
George Peay 2
Grace Peay 2
Joseph Peay 2
Louisa Peay 2
Thomas Peay 2
Hannah Peay 1
Harriet Peay 1
Harriett Peay 1

Peay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pye 25% 31,170
2 Pay 75% 8,093
3 Paye 50% 2,072
4 Pea 75% 315
5 Peay 100% 141
6 Payee 40% 106

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The surname Peay is the 5th most popular variant of Pye.

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