How common is the surname Kaye?

8,627 people in the United States had the surname Kaye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,788 Americans. It ranked 4,113th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaye?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kaye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Kaye?

Gorden Kaye, British actor (1941–2017), followed by Carol Kaye.

Where is the surname Kaye most common?

Wikidata records people named Kaye in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Kaye?

Kaye is /ˈkeɪ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Kaye getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,627 in 2010, down 1.4%.

Is Kaye also a first name?

Yes. Kaye is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kaye

A surname, carried by 8,627 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkeɪ/ 1 syllable Soundex K000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaye is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname from Middle English, spelling variant of Kay.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,627 people named Kaye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,788 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,753.

#4,113

rank among US surnames

8,627

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,720)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,104	Sorrell	8,641	35,730
#4,105	Hawks	8,639	35,739
#4,107	Prasad	8,638	35,743
#4,108	Romeo	8,636	35,751
#4,109	Lightfoot	8,634	35,759
#4,110	Sells	8,633	35,763
#4,111	Merrick	8,629	35,780

Who is named Kaye

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

90% of people named Kaye identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kayes

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gorden Kaye
British actor (1941–2017)
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist, born 1935
Paul Kaye
British actor and comedian, born 1964
Lenny Kaye
American guitarist, songwriter, producer, journalist, born 1946
Ivan Kaye
British actor, born 1961
Caren Kaye
Actress, born 1951
Celia Kaye
Actress, born 1942
Nora Kaye
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1920-1987)

Notable Kayes come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaye

Kaye has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.

Questions

How common is the surname Kaye?: 8,627 people in the United States had the surname Kaye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,788 Americans. It ranked 4,113th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaye?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kaye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Kaye?: Gorden Kaye, British actor (1941–2017), followed by Carol Kaye.
Where is the surname Kaye most common?: Wikidata records people named Kaye in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Kaye?: Kaye is /ˈkeɪ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Kaye getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,627 in 2010, down 1.4%.
Is Kaye also a first name?: Yes. Kaye is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.