Surname distribution map and statistics for the surname WAY at the 1881 census.
Surname Distribution Map
Population With Surname WAY
Per 100,000 People
Over 240
210 - 240
180 - 210
150 - 180
120 - 150
90 - 120
60 - 90
30 - 60
0 - 30
0
Great Britain Data Table
| Location | Country | Population With Surname WAY | Population With Surname WAY Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location | Great Britain Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire (BDF) | England | 6 | 4.0 | 2,820th | 0.367 |
| Buckinghamshire (BKM) | England | 20 | 11.3 | 1,440th | 1.04 |
| Berkshire (BRK) | England | 17 | 7.8 | 1,889th | 0.711 |
| Cambridgeshire (CAM) | England | 9 | 4.8 | 2,770th | 0.443 |
| Cheshire (CHS) | England | 2 | 0.3 | 13,691st | 0.0284 |
| Cornwall (CON) | England | 23 | 7.0 | 1,766th | 0.635 |
| Cumberland (CUL) | England | 1 | 0.4 | 8,031st | 0.0364 |
| Derbyshire (DBY) | England | 17 | 3.7 | 2,919th | 0.336 |
| Devon (DEV) | England | 634 | 105.0 | 160th | 9.60 |
| Dorset (DOR) | England | 494 | 258.6 | 47th | 23.6 |
| Durham (DUR) | England | 9 | 1.0 | 7,538th | 0.0948 |
| Essex (ESS) | England | 81 | 14.1 | 1,218th | 1.28 |
| Gloucestershire (GLS) | England | 116 | 20.3 | 806th | 1.85 |
| Hampshire (HAM) | England | 405 | 68.2 | 230th | 6.23 |
| Herefordshire (HEF) | England | 5 | 4.1 | 2,362nd | 0.377 |
| Hertfordshire (HRT) | England | 40 | 19.7 | 957th | 1.80 |
| Huntingdonshire (HUN) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kent (KEN) | England | 82 | 8.4 | 1,880th | 0.766 |
| Lancashire (LAN) | England | 29 | 0.8 | 7,488th | 0.0767 |
| Leicestershire (LEI) | England | 3 | 0.9 | 6,878th | 0.0853 |
| Lincolnshire (LIN) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Middlesex (MDX) | England | 498 | 17.1 | 821st | 1.56 |
| Northumberland (NBL) | England | 3 | 0.7 | 9,083rd | 0.0631 |
| Norfolk (NFK) | England | 2 | 0.4 | 9,261st | 0.0411 |
| Northamptonshire (NTH) | England | 1 | 0.4 | 8,728th | 0.0335 |
| Nottinghamshire (NTT) | England | 5 | 1.3 | 6,686th | 0.117 |
| Oxfordshire (OXF) | England | 61 | 34.0 | 628th | 3.10 |
| Rutland (R) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shropshire (SAL) | England | 1 | 0.4 | 6,780th | 0.0368 |
| Suffolk (SFK) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Somerset (SOM) | England | 206 | 43.9 | 445th | 4.01 |
| Surrey (SRY) | England | 228 | 15.9 | 922nd | 1.45 |
| Sussex (SSX) | England | 20 | 4.1 | 2,929th | 0.372 |
| Staffordshire (STS) | England | 27 | 2.8 | 3,639th | 0.251 |
| Warwickshire (WAR) | England | 12 | 1.6 | 5,870th | 0.149 |
| Westmorland (WES) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wiltshire (WIL) | England | 29 | 11.2 | 1,455th | 1.02 |
| Worcestershire (WOR) | England | 6 | 1.6 | 5,480th | 0.144 |
| Yorkshire (YKS) | England | 32 | 1.1 | 6,835th | 0.101 |
| Aberdeenshire (ABD) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Angus (ANS) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Argyll (ARL) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ayrshire (AYR) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Banffshire (BAN) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Berwickshire (BEW) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bute (B) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Caithness (CAI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire (C) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dumfriesshire (DFS) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dunbartonshire (D) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| East Lothian (ELN) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Fife (FIF) | Scotland | 1 | 0.6 | 3,437th | 0.0533 |
| Inverness-shire (INV) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kincardineshire (KCD) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kirkcudbrightshire (KKD) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kinross-shire (K) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lanarkshire (LKS) | Scotland | 8 | 0.9 | 6,131st | 0.0810 |
| Midlothian (MLN) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Moray (MOR) | Scotland | 1 | 2.3 | 1,169th | 0.209 |
| Nairnshire (N) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Orkney (OKI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peeblesshire (PEE) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Perthshire (PER) | Scotland | 6 | 4.7 | 1,713th | 0.426 |
| Renfrewshire (RFW) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ross and Cromarty (ROC) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Roxburghshire (ROX) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Selkirkshire (SEL) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shetland (SHI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stirlingshire (STI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Sutherland (SUT) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wigtownshire (WIG) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| West Lothian (W) | Scotland | 3 | 7.0 | 1,626th | 0.635 |
| Anglesey (AGY) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brecknockshire (BRE) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Caernarfonshire (CAE) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Cardiganshire (CGN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire (CMN) | Wales | 4 | 3.2 | 978th | 0.293 |
| Denbighshire (DEN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Flintshire (F) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Glamorgan (GLA) | Wales | 74 | 14.5 | 559th | 1.32 |
| Merionethshire (MER) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire (MGY) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Monmouthshire (MON) | Wales | 18 | 8.5 | 1,201st | 0.778 |
| Pembrokeshire (PEM) | Wales | 12 | 13.1 | 488th | 1.19 |
| Radnorshire (RAD) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| England Total | — | 3,124 | 12.8 | 1,194th | 1.17 |
| Scotland Total | — | 19 | 0.5 | 7,462nd | 0.0466 |
| Wales Total | — | 108 | 6.9 | 854th | 0.628 |
| Great Britain Total | — | 3,251 | 10.9 | 1,392nd | — |
Channel Islands Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname WAY | Population With Surname WAY Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey (GSY) | 17 | 48.2 | 321st |
| Jersey (JSY) | 28 | 53.4 | 306th |
| Channel Islands Total | 45 | 51.3 | 330th |
Isle of Man Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname WAY | Population With Surname WAY Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man (IOM) | 0 | 0 | — |