| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 13 |
| Cambridgeshire | 7 |
| Channel Islands | 1 |
| Cheshire | 39 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 102 |
| Derbyshire | 9 |
| Devon | 16 |
| Dorset | 3 |
| Durham | 112 |
| Essex | 46 |
| Gloucestershire | 19 |
| Hampshire | 31 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 10 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 17 |
| Kent | 27 |
| Lancashire | 299 |
| Leicestershire | 7 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 247 |
| Middlesex | 66 |
| Northumberland | 99 |
| Norfolk | 23 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 18 |
| Somerset | 4 |
| Surrey | 35 |
| Sussex | 20 |
| Staffordshire | 34 |
| Warwickshire | 17 |
| Westmorland | 3 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 3 |
| Yorkshire | 103 |
| Anglesey | 4 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 5 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Living On Own Means | 35 |
| General Servant Domestic | 19 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| Dress Maker | 10 |
| General Labourer | 9 |
| Gardener Domestic | 9 |
| Commercial Clerk | 7 |
| School Boy | 7 |
| Carpenter | 6 |
| Cook Domestic | 6 |
| House Keeper Domestic | 6 |
| School Girl | 6 |
| Draper | 5 |
| Draper Assistant | 5 |
| Grocer | 5 |
| Mariner Engineer | 5 |
| Laundress | 4 |
| Mariner | 4 |
| Stone Mason | 4 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 4 |
| Farmer | 4 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 4 |
| Actress | 3 |
| Dock Labourer | 3 |
| Passenger Seas | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Rae | 603 |
| Mary Rae | 514 |
| William Rae | 501 |
| James Rae | 429 |
| Elizabeth Rae | 287 |
| Margaret Rae | 237 |
| Robert Rae | 237 |
| George Rae | 234 |
| Thomas Rae | 197 |
| Jane Rae | 176 |
| Sarah Rae | 153 |
| Alexander Rae | 134 |
| Annie Rae | 116 |
| Agnes Rae | 112 |
| Joseph Rae | 102 |
| David Rae | 97 |
| Ann Rae | 94 |
| Henry Rae | 91 |
| Charles Rae | 89 |
| Ellen Rae | 81 |
| Isabella Rae | 81 |
| Jessie Rae | 79 |
| Alice Rae | 77 |
| Emma Rae | 63 |
| Eliza Rae | 60 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray | 67% | 49,419 |
| 2 | Roe | 67% | 44,307 |
| 3 | Wray | 50% | 29,304 |
| 4 | Reay | 50% | 18,029 |
| 5 | Rea | 33% | 10,562 |
| 6 | Rae | 100% | 7,853 |
| 7 | Rey | 33% | 2,428 |
| 8 | Ree | 67% | 1,828 |
| 9 | Ore | 33% | 1,342 |
| 10 | Raye | 75% | 1,019 |
| 11 | Ure | 33% | 953 |
| 12 | Rue | 67% | 758 |
| 13 | Air | 0% | 714 |
| 14 | Oare | 50% | 469 |
| 15 | Roo | 33% | 274 |
| 16 | Urie | 50% | 224 |
| 17 | Aire | 25% | 220 |
| 18 | Eare | 50% | 202 |
| 19 | Rie | 67% | 172 |
| 20 | Rooe | 50% | 116 |
| 21 | Aray | 50% | 101 |
The surname Rae is the 6th most popular variant of Ray.