Frequency (Great Britain)

Introduction

Ancestry

This section shows the number of GRAY and GREY names recorded in the census indices held by Ancestry.co.uk on the 1st November 2009. The data is split into that for England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.  It should be realised that the data is only as accurate as that given to the enumerator, how the enumerator recorded it and how people transcribed the data and input it into Ancestry’s database.  On top of that, there could be errors I’ve introduced in extracting the numbers from Ancestry’s web-site.  Because of this, not only should the data NOT be seen as the official Ancestry view, it should ONLY be used as an indication of number of these names actually extant at the time the census was taken.

GRAYEnglandScotlandWalesCIIoM
190143,28618,4467638437
189137,10016,4576438239
188134,64215,3375257718
187127,44512,8244305122
186123,26812,3693164630
185119,93611,9572486915
184116,99610,3061555711
GREYEnglandScotlandWalesCIIoM
190122,794417647141
189119,94442151245
188119,95250736608
187115,41653330952
186112,61142323392
185110,70368822572
18418,523653153136

National Trust

The national Trust Names site gives the following Data for GRAY

18811998Change
Frequency42,72960,227+17,498
Rank6965+4
Occurrences per million names1,5801,617+37

and the following for GREY

18811998Change
Frequency6,5074,811-1,696
Rank6641,275-611
Occurrences per million names241129-112

Taliesin Arlein

The Taliesin Arlein Names site gives the following for those living in England, Wales and the Isle of Man in September 2002.

NameCountRank
GRAY67,54982
GREY6,5181,214