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    The surname Bays

    A patronymic surname, carried by 6,588 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Bays: #5,287 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bays #5,287, 6,588 people Bays: #5,287 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bays #5,287, 6,588 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bays is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Bay + -s. * (surname "Bays"): Patronymic from Bay.

    Bays is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,588 people named Bays in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,865 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,431.

    #5,287
    rank among US surnames
    6,588
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,281Raley6,59346,829
    #5,284Pine6,59246,836
    #5,285Fortenberry6,58946,858
    #5,287Bays6,58846,865

    Who is named Bays

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

    90% of people named Bays identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bayss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carter Bays
      American television writer and producer, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bays

    Bays has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bays come from?
    From Bay + -s. * (surname "Bays"): Patronymic from Bay.
    How common is the surname Bays?
    6,588 people in the United States had the surname Bays in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,865 Americans. It ranked 5,287th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bays?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bays identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bays?
    Carter Bays, American television writer and producer.
    Where is the surname Bays most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bays in the United States.
    What type of surname is Bays?
    Bays is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Bays getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,588 in 2010, up 2.4%.