# Skye (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/skye/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 472 |
| US rank (2010) | 45,347 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 654,122 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (320 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Skye 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 21% |
| Two or more races | 7.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Skye in the United States.

## People named Skye

- Brittney Skye, American pornographic actress & model
- Azura Skye, actress
- Dakota Skye, American pornographic film actress
- Ryder Skye, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Sy, Saye, Sky, Shaw, Shah, Shea, Seay, Su, Shi, Shay, See, So.

## 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.