| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 10 |
| Cambridgeshire | 18 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 5 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 10 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 2 |
| Essex | 26 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 59 |
| Herefordshire | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 469 |
| Lancashire | 129 |
| Leicestershire | 21 |
| Lincolnshire | 9 |
| London | 301 |
| Middlesex | 37 |
| Northumberland | 17 |
| Norfolk | 154 |
| Northamptonshire | 24 |
| Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Oxfordshire | 3 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 10 |
| Suffolk | 13 |
| Somerset | 6 |
| Surrey | 25 |
| Sussex | 60 |
| Staffordshire | 10 |
| Warwickshire | 8 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 5 |
| Worcestershire | 18 |
| Yorkshire | 43 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 6 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 238 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 64 |
| Domestic Servant | 20 |
| Living On Own Means | 16 |
| Dress Maker | 15 |
| General Labourer | 15 |
| General Servant | 14 |
| Laundress | 14 |
| Tailor | 11 |
| Farm Labourer | 10 |
| Gardener | 10 |
| General Servant Domestic | 9 |
| House Keeper | 9 |
| Farmer | 7 |
| Labourer | 7 |
| Clerk | 6 |
| Farm Bailiff | 5 |
| General Domestic Servant | 5 |
| Tailoress | 4 |
| Ag Labourer | 4 |
| Bricklayer | 4 |
| Carpenter | 4 |
| Domestic General Servant | 4 |
| Errand Boy | 4 |
| Groom | 4 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Rye | 735 |
| Mary Rye | 579 |
| George Rye | 493 |
| John Rye | 430 |
| Elizabeth Rye | 384 |
| James Rye | 322 |
| Sarah Rye | 314 |
| Thomas Rye | 306 |
| Charles Rye | 266 |
| Henry Rye | 228 |
| Edward Rye | 210 |
| Ann Rye | 206 |
| Jane Rye | 172 |
| Richard Rye | 165 |
| Ellen Rye | 157 |
| Annie Rye | 150 |
| Emily Rye | 146 |
| Eliza Rye | 144 |
| Emma Rye | 137 |
| Frederick Rye | 132 |
| Alice Rye | 127 |
| Alfred Rye | 126 |
| Robert Rye | 118 |
| Albert Rye | 99 |
| Arthur Rye | 92 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray | 33% | 49,419 |
| 2 | Reay | 25% | 18,029 |
| 3 | Airey | 20% | 14,537 |
| 4 | Rye | 100% | 10,238 |
| 5 | Roy | 33% | 6,494 |
| 6 | Rey | 33% | 2,428 |
| 7 | Eary | 25% | 1,118 |
| 8 | Raye | 75% | 1,019 |
| 9 | Arey | 25% | 567 |
| 10 | Roye | 75% | 532 |
| 11 | Airy | 25% | 525 |
| 12 | Ary | 33% | 408 |
| 13 | Earey | 20% | 323 |
| 14 | Urey | 25% | 238 |
| 15 | Rauey | 40% | 179 |
| 16 | Eray | 25% | 128 |
| 17 | Royee | 60% | 124 |
| 18 | Aray | 25% | 101 |
The surname Rye is the 4th most popular variant of Ray.