Rayton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cumberland 10
Hampshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Isle of Man 1
Lancashire 9
Lincolnshire 12
London 2
Northumberland 4
Warwickshire 2
Yorkshire 4
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Rayton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rayton family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Farmer 2
Labourer 2
Ag Lab 1
Labourer Agricultural 1
Lodger Labourer Agricultural 1
Blacksmith 1
Sadler 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rayton

Name Census Frequency
John Rayton 54
Mary Rayton 47
William Rayton 42
Thomas Rayton 38
James Rayton 37
George Rayton 34
Elizabeth Rayton 31
Ellen Rayton 27
Henry Rayton 25
Sarah Rayton 24
Alice Rayton 19
Jane Rayton 19
Robert Rayton 17
Ann Rayton 16
Joseph Rayton 16
Albert Rayton 15
Ambrose Rayton 15
Richard Rayton 15
Charles Rayton 14
Edith Rayton 14
Margaret Rayton 12
Annie Rayton 10
Hannah Rayton 8
Harry Rayton 8
Samuel Rayton 8

Rayton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rayton 100% 863
2 Ryton 83% 206
3 Raitton 71% 108

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The surname Rayton is the most popular version of all its varients

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