# Daye (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/daye/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,958 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,365 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 78,005 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (3,457 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tayeh, Ta-yeh |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Daye in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Daye in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Daye

- Austin Daye, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Pierre Daye, Belgian Nazi collaborator (1892-1960)
- Darren Daye, American basketball player (born 1960)

## Similar surnames

Dye, Day, Dy, Dawe, Do, Dow, Dewey, Dao, Du, Doe, Dee, Dew.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.