Rayney 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 2
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
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 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Rayney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rayney family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer On Farm Agricultural Horse 2
Brass Maker 1
Stone Mason 1
Groom Domestic 1
Housemaid Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rayney

Name Census Frequency
Mary Rayney 17
Elizabeth Rayney 9
Frederick Rayney 7
John Rayney 6
Henry Rayney 5
James Rayney 5
Sarah Rayney 5
William Rayney 4
Edward Rayney 3
Michael Rayney 3
Patrick Rayney 3
Thomas Rayney 3
Ann Rayney 2
Bridget Rayney 2
Catherine Rayney 2
Charles Rayney 2
Eleanor Rayney 2
Jane Rayney 2
Joseph Rayney 2
Julia Rayney 2
Nancy Rayney 2
Winifred Rayney 2
Alexander Rayney 1
Alice Rayney 1
Annie Rayney 1

Rayney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rainey 83% 3,201
2 Raney 83% 493
3 Rayney 100% 120
4 Rainy 67% 104

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The surname Rayney is the 3rd most popular variant of Rainey.

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