Keye 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 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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 1
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

Keye Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Keye family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1
Tailor 1
Apprentice 1
Watchman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Keye

Name Census Frequency
John Keye 11
Elizabeth Keye 9
Mary Keye 9
Walter Keye 6
James Keye 5
Thomas Keye 5
Alfred Keye 4
Emily Keye 4
Martha Keye 4
Sarah Keye 4
William Keye 4
Albert Keye 3
Edward Keye 3
Eliza Keye 3
Emma Keye 3
Ernest Keye 3
Jane Keye 3
Ellen Keye 2
Ethel Keye 2
Frederick Keye 2
Fredrick Keye 2
George Keye 2
Isabella Keye 2
Samuel Keye 2
Alice Keye 1

Keye Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kay 50% 85,028
2 Key 75% 32,408
3 Kaye 75% 27,763
4 Oakey 40% 5,180
5 Keay 50% 4,721
6 Okey 50% 1,867
7 Keey 50% 281
8 Keye 100% 163
9 Kye 75% 158

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The surname Keye is the 8th most popular variant of Kay.

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