Jeays Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Jeays Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jeays Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia411:658,43245,385
England161:3,482,379114,324
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623

Jeays Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jeays Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jeays is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jeays? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,312,869th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Jeays are found; 60 percent are found in Australasia and 60 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Jeays is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 658,432. In Australia Jeays is primarily found in: Queensland, where 100 percent live. Other than Australia Jeays occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 16 percent live.

Jeays Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jeays has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeay89344/
Heays80110/
Seays8073/
Jehay8028/
Jeais8010/
Ejays807/
Jeayo802/
Joeys802/
Jeayi801/
Eayes801/
Geays801/
Jseay801/
Ceays800/
Jeaes800/
Jehaes73488/
Heayes7329/
Jayais739/
Ehayes738/
Jeheas732/
Joiays731/
Jaieay731/
Yeaysh731/
Jieaye731/
Jaiyis731/
Jejaiy731/
Jayuis730/
Seay6718,772/
Geay675,994/
Jaye674,846/
Joey671,159/
Jies67282/
Jeye67170/
Ejay67137/
Ejey6792/
Jaes6787/
Eais6784/
Jaea6736/
Jiay6712/
Eaye6712/
Jahaysh6712/
Jauy6710/
Jaay6710/
Jaoy679/
Juey679/
Jeai677/
Jeey675/
Jaey675/
Jeae675/
Jiey674/
Jiea674/
Jyis674/
Jyes673/
Yeay673/
Eaoy672/
Jajs672/
Jeaj672/
Jehaish672/
Jyjs672/
Jjay672/
Jyey672/
Jeua672/
Zeay671/
Jeoy671/
Jeaujey671/
Cjay671/
Eayj671/
Eajy671/
Jyay671/
Cjes671/
Zjys671/
Djeyaye671/
Hajaysh671/
Jiehaya671/
Jeoa671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jeays
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