Bays is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bays
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bays

How popular is Bays?

Bays is common in United States.

Bays is ranked 47867 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bays bearers increased by 2.4413 per cent in 2010 US census to 6588 since 2000, the surname slipped by 282 spots and ranked at 5287. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.35 92.05
Black 4.28 4.14
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.45
Others 1.9 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.56
Bays is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9987 people have been found who wears Bays as their family name. Bays is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
13,220 Thailand6
122,390 Belarus4
35,789 Turkey3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
32,086 Mexico3
9,185 Hong Kong2
54,135 Philippines2
18,625 Japan2
20,595 China2
40,064 Nigeria2
12,161 Wales2
90,903 Moldova1
17,768 Pakistan1
120,357 Argentina1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
15,162 Costa Rica1
49,101 Denmark1
153,416 Italy1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
480 Micronesia1
5,872 Namibia1
42,479 Greece1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
34,581 Chile1
4,942 Libya1
49,529 Israel1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,036 Kazakhstan38
293,591 India37
197,587 Indonesia34
16,226 New Zealand33
14,963 Scotland26
52,530 Belgium22
62,494 Netherlands22
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
131,777 Russia81
56,973 South Africa73
117,149 France73
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Bays:
11,178 England559
22,607 Brazil556
2,657 Switzerland423
50,182 Germany202
18,637 Canada194
Countries with thousands of Bays:
5,287 United States7,488
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old immigrant W. Bays who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on April 13, 1847 by Ayshire put out from Newry.

Bays Namesakes

  • Mollie Arvelle Bays, A. P. Carter's mother
  • Carter Bays, Television writer
  • Kenny Baysmore, Boxer
  • Carter Bays, Television writer
  • Cengiz Baysal, Musical Artist
  • Yves de Bayser, Poet
  • Dali Baysarova, Ruslan Baysarov's daughter
  • Dany Baysarov, Ruslan Baysarov's son
  • Deniz Baysal, Actress
  • George Baysah, Soccer player

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