Roys Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Brecknockshire 1
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 5
Hampshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 6
London 3
Nottinghamshire 8
Somerset 1
Yorkshire 4
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Roys Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Roys family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Male Servant 2
Timber Square 1
Farmer 1
Female Servant 1
Picer 1
Suodax 1
Porter 1
Pauper Inmate 1
Bar Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Roys

Name Census Frequency
William Roys 28
John Roys 25
Sarah Roys 24
George Roys 22
Mary Roys 22
Hannah Roys 17
Joseph Roys 16
Thomas Roys 14
Elizabeth Roys 13
Benjamin Roys 10
Fanny Roys 9
Ann Roys 8
James Roys 8
Alice Roys 7
Charles Roys 6
Margaret Roys 6
Agnes Roys 5
Annie Roys 5
Henry Roys 5
Jane Roys 5
Matthew Roys 5
Samuel Roys 5
Ada Roys 4
Bingham Roys 4
Edith Roys 4

Roys Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reys 75% 481
2 Royse 80% 440
3 Roys 100% 401
4 Royes 80% 358
5 Rays 75% 339
6 Rayes 60% 256
7 Reyes 60% 227

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The surname Roys is the 3rd most popular variant of Reys.

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