How common is the surname Nye?

12,167 people in the United States had the surname Nye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,376 Americans. It ranked 2,952nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nye?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nye getting more or less common?

More common. 11,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,167 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Nye

An English place surname, carried by 12,167 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). Nye is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).

Nye is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,167 people named Nye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,376 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,632.

#2,952

rank among US surnames

12,167

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,821)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,943	Harley	12,186	25,336
#2,944	Talbert	12,181	25,346
#2,946	Hopson	12,180	25,349
#2,947	Waterman	12,177	25,355
#2,948	Gao	12,172	25,365
#2,949	Lantz	12,169	25,371
#2,950	Cornwell	12,168	25,374

Who is named Nye

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

94% of people named Nye identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nye come from?: Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).
How common is the surname Nye?: 12,167 people in the United States had the surname Nye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,376 Americans. It ranked 2,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nye?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Nye?: Nye is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Nye getting more or less common?: More common. 11,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,167 in 2010, up 4.6%.