Weay 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 3
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Weay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Weay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farm Labourer 1
Carpenters Apprentice 1
Pensioner 1
General Servant 1
Driver 1
Miller Apprentice 1
Nurse 1
Shoe Maker Journeyman 1
Brick Maker's Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Weay

Name Census Frequency
George Weay 9
Mary Weay 7
William Weay 7
Eliza Weay 6
Robert Weay 6
Thomas Weay 6
Ann Weay 5
Jane Weay 4
John Weay 4
Alfred Weay 3
Arthur Weay 3
Charlotte Weay 3
Edwin Weay 3
Elizabeth Weay 3
Agnes Weay 2
Annie Weay 2
Charles Weay 2
Edith Weay 2
Edward Weay 2
Ellen Weay 2
Francis Weay 2
Frederick Weay 2
Henry Weay 2
James Weay 2
Margaret Weay 2

Weay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Way 75% 25,241
2 Wye 25% 2,885
3 Wey 75% 808
4 Waye 50% 741
5 Away 50% 136
6 Weay 100% 126

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The surname Weay is the 6th most popular variant of Way.

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