How common is the surname Bye?

3,423 people in the United States had the surname Bye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,197 Americans. It ranked 9,496th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bye?

Brandon Bye, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Bye most common?

Wikidata records people named Bye in the United States.

Is the surname Bye getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,423 in 2010, down 7.6%.

The surname Bye

A surname, carried by 3,423 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bye is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,423 people named Bye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,197 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,704.

#9,496

rank among US surnames

3,423

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-7.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,231)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,491	Rimmer	3,426	90,118
#9,493	Pickle	3,425	90,145
#9,495	Kettler	3,424	90,171
#9,496	Gaughan	3,423	90,197
#9,501	Beery	3,421	90,250
#9,503	Naugle	3,420	90,276

Who is named Bye

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

93% of people named Bye identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brandon Bye
American soccer player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bye

Boyé

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bye?: 3,423 people in the United States had the surname Bye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,197 Americans. It ranked 9,496th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bye?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Bye?: Brandon Bye, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Bye most common?: Wikidata records people named Bye in the United States.
Is the surname Bye getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,423 in 2010, down 7.6%.