Wayes 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
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

Wayes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wayes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Agricultural Labourer 2
Dress Maker 1
Sculptor 1
Soldier 1
Labourer 1
General Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wayes

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wayes 14
John Wayes 8
Sarah Wayes 8
William Wayes 8
Elizabeth Wayes 6
James Wayes 5
Emma Wayes 4
George Wayes 4
Margaret Wayes 4
Thomas Wayes 4
Walter Wayes 4
Bertha Wayes 3
Edward Wayes 3
Eliza Wayes 3
Emily Wayes 3
Henry Wayes 3
Jane Wayes 3
Patrick Wayes 3
Samuel Wayes 3
Susan Wayes 3
Annie Wayes 2
Charles Wayes 2
Ellen Wayes 2
Florence Wayes 2
Francis Wayes 2

Wayes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wase 60% 1,271
2 Wyse 40% 991
3 Ways 80% 215
4 Wayes 100% 168

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The surname Wayes is the 4th most popular variant of Wase.

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