How common is the surname Nay?

4,826 people in the United States had the surname Nay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,975 Americans. It ranked 6,949th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nay?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Nay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Nay?

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

Where is the surname Nay most common?

Wikidata records people named Nay in Australia.

Is the surname Nay getting more or less common?

More common. 3,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,826 in 2010, up 45%.

The surname Nay

A surname, carried by 4,826 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nay is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,826 people named Nay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,975 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,337.

#6,949

rank among US surnames

4,826

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+44.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,943	Pastrana	4,830	63,922
#6,947	Brockway	4,828	63,949
#6,948	Nez	4,827	63,962
#6,949	Nay	4,826	63,975
#6,952	Hinrichs	4,825	63,989
#6,954	Summerlin	4,824	64,002

Who is named Nay

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

80% of people named Nay identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nays

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meagen Nay
Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nay

Nay has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

Questions

How common is the surname Nay?: 4,826 people in the United States had the surname Nay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,975 Americans. It ranked 6,949th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nay?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Nay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Nay?: Meagen Nay, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Where is the surname Nay most common?: Wikidata records people named Nay in Australia.
Is the surname Nay getting more or less common?: More common. 3,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,826 in 2010, up 45%.