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    The surname Bay

    A surname, carried by 6,350 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B000

    Bay: #5,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bay #5,477, 6,350 people Bay: #5,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bay #5,477, 6,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bay is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    From bay.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,350 people named Bay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,621 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,346.

    #5,477
    rank among US surnames
    6,350
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,071)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560
    #5,470Larkins6,35748,568
    #5,471Book6,35648,575
    #5,472Bunnell6,35548,583
    #5,474Mulholland6,35348,598
    #5,475Machuca6,35148,614

    Who is named Bay

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Bay identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bays

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Bay
      American film director and producer (born 1965)
    • Susan Bay
      American actress, born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bay

    Bay has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bay come from?
    From bay.
    How common is the surname Bay?
    6,350 people in the United States had the surname Bay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,621 Americans. It ranked 5,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bay?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Bay?
    Michael Bay, American film director and producer (born 1965), followed by Susan Bay.
    Where is the surname Bay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bay in the United States.
    Is the surname Bay getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,350 in 2010, up 0.1%.