# Nay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nay/  
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) | 4,826 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,949 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,975 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (3,337 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nay 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 9.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nay in Australia.

## People named Nay

- Meagen Nay, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist

## Similar surnames

Nau, Nye, New, Noe, Noah, Ni, Neu, Ney, Nee, Noh, Nie, Niu.

## 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.