Rayston 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 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
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 1
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

Rayston Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rayston family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Clark 1
Independent 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rayston

Name Census Frequency
Mary Rayston 12
William Rayston 8
Elizabeth Rayston 7
John Rayston 7
Ann Rayston 6
Charles Rayston 6
Emma Rayston 5
Jane Rayston 4
Robert Rayston 4
Adelaide Rayston 3
Annie Rayston 3
Ellen Rayston 3
Frank Rayston 3
George Rayston 3
Hannah Rayston 3
Richard Rayston 3
Sarah Rayston 3
Thomas Rayston 3
Amy Rayston 2
Benjamin Rayston 2
Fanny Rayston 2
Florence Rayston 2
Harriet Rayston 2
Henry Rayston 2
Herbert Rayston 2

Rayston Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Royston 86% 6,879
2 Roystone 75% 759
3 Rayston 100% 150

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The surname Rayston is the 3rd most popular variant of Royston.

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