Sye 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 12
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Sye Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sye family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 4
Trimmer 4
Agricultural Labourer 1
In The Customs 1
Licenced Victualler 1
Inn Keeper 1
Spinster 1
Tailor 1
Winder 1
Butcher 1
Coah Wheeler 1
Shoe Maker 1
Silk Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sye

Name Census Frequency
William Sye 40
John Sye 32
Elizabeth Sye 27
Sarah Sye 22
James Sye 18
Mary Sye 16
Thomas Sye 16
Eliza Sye 13
George Sye 13
Henry Sye 12
Jane Sye 11
Margaret Sye 11
Ellen Sye 10
Charles Sye 7
Edward Sye 7
Ernest Sye 7
Ann Sye 6
Arthur Sye 6
Emma Sye 6
Hugh Sye 6
Matilda Sye 6
Robert Sye 6
Alfred Sye 5
Frances Sye 5
Hannah Sye 5

Sye Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Say 33% 5,992
2 Easey 20% 2,501
3 Easy 25% 2,098
4 Ousey 20% 1,156
5 Saye 75% 491
6 Sye 100% 468
7 Sey 33% 322
8 Osey 25% 210
9 Sayee 60% 123

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The surname Sye is the 6th most popular variant of Say.

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