Ayres 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 258
Berkshire 197
Cambridgeshire 111
Channel Islands 7
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 39
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 187
Dorset 16
Durham 55
Essex 112
Gloucestershire 97
Hampshire 77
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 93
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 99
Isle of Man 0
Kent 65
Lancashire 124
Leicestershire 31
Lincolnshire 11
London 822
Middlesex 260
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 105
Northamptonshire 245
Nottinghamshire 15
Oxfordshire 126
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 99
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 51
Somerset 70
Surrey 135
Sussex 45
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 88
Westmorland 11
Wiltshire 80
Worcestershire 39
Yorkshire 186

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 7
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 74
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 19
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Ayres Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ayres family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 734
Agricultural Labourer 120
General Labourer 76
Labourer 41
Farm Labourer 38
Domestic Servant 38
Laundress 36
Dress Maker 35
General Servant 29
Living On Own Means 29
General Domestic Servant 26
General Servant Domestic 23
Gardener 22
Living On Her Own Means 19
Carpenter 18
Tailor 16
Dressmaker 14
Farmer 14
Bricklayer 13
Cook Domestic Servant 11
Police Constable 11
Coal Miner 11
Painter 10
Blacksmith 9
Errand Boy 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Ayres

Name Census Frequency
William Ayres 2,102
Mary Ayres 1,590
John Ayres 1,400
Elizabeth Ayres 1,118
George Ayres 1,035
Sarah Ayres 938
Thomas Ayres 935
James Ayres 886
Henry Ayres 698
Charles Ayres 643
Ann Ayres 586
Eliza Ayres 484
Annie Ayres 455
Alice Ayres 433
Emma Ayres 390
Jane Ayres 386
Joseph Ayres 386
Arthur Ayres 368
Ellen Ayres 365
Emily Ayres 357
Frederick Ayres 357
Alfred Ayres 345
Edward Ayres 331
Robert Ayres 325
Albert Ayres 299

Ayres Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ayres 100% 28,897
2 Ayers 60% 14,096
3 Eyres 80% 6,826
4 Eyers 40% 5,044
5 Airs 60% 1,290
6 Ayris 80% 1,185
7 Eayres 83% 745
8 Eayrs 60% 390
9 Eyears 33% 261
10 Ayress 83% 132
11 Eayers 50% 131
12 Airz 40% 129
13 Ayrs 80% 107

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The surname Ayres is the most popular version of all its varients

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