How common is the surname Daye?

3,958 people in the United States had the surname Daye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,005 Americans. It ranked 8,365th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Daye?

Austin Daye, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Pierre Daye.

Where is the surname Daye most common?

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

Is the surname Daye getting more or less common?

More common. 3,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,958 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Daye

A surname, carried by 3,958 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daye is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,958 people named Daye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,005 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,457.

#8,365

rank among US surnames

3,958

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+14.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025
#8,369	Bressler	3,956	78,045

Who is named Daye

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

62% of people named Daye identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dayes

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Dayes come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Tayeh
Ta-yeh

Surnames that sound like Daye

Daye has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Questions

How common is the surname Daye?: 3,958 people in the United States had the surname Daye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,005 Americans. It ranked 8,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daye?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Daye identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Daye?: Austin Daye, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Pierre Daye.
Where is the surname Daye most common?: Wikidata records people named Daye in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Daye getting more or less common?: More common. 3,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,958 in 2010, up 15%.
What are other spellings of Daye?: Tayeh and Ta-yeh.