Bye is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bye
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

See By - A very common termination of names of places in the north of England, many of which have, of course, given names to families. It is an old Scandinavian word signifying primarily a farm -house or dwelling, andafterwards a village or town. It is found only in what are called the Danish counties, and particularly in Lincolnshire, in which there are no less than 212 places with this desinence. See Worsaae's Danes in England, which contains some curious notes respecting it.

Several names of places are adduced which seem to have reference to the particular nation or tribe by whom those places were first colonized

But it seems also to have been a personal name, as Fil.'Bye occurs in Hundred Rolls Byers. The chateau of Biars in the canton of Isigni, La Manche, Normandy, had lords of its own name, temp. Conq. De Gerville.

Variant form of By. A very common termination of names of places in the north of England, many of which have, of course, given names to families. It is an old Scandinavian word signifying primarily a farm -house or dwelling, andafterwards a village or town. It is found only in what are called the Danish counties, and particularly in Lincolnshire, in which there are no less than 212 places with this desinence. See Worsaae's Danes in England, which contains some curious notes respecting it.

Several names of places are adduced which seem to have reference to the particular nation or tribe by whom those places were first colonized.

Is the variant form of Boy. See Boys - French bois, a wood. The latinized form De Bosco, 'of the wood,' is retained in the French Dubois, Dubosq, etc., while Attwood is the precise English equivalent.

Bye is variant form of the By. Dwelling, habitation.

How popular is Bye?

Bye is common in United States, Norway, England, Australia, Canada, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Wales.

Bye is ranked 36484 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Byes plummeted by 7.59 per cent to 3423 since 2000 and slipped by 1265 spots and ranked at 9496. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.43 93.87
Others 2.1 1.35
Black 1.67 2.46
Hispanic or Latino 1.64 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.88 0.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.32
Bye is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Norway lie ahead in terms of density. Around 14470 people have been found who wears Bye as their family name. Bye is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bye:
8,407 United States4,977
150 Norway2,797
2,936 England2,683
2,651 Australia1,408
Countries with hundreds of Bye:
4,718 Canada991
7,461 Pakistan454
77,570 India320
35,360 South Africa135
2,804 Wales114
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,378 Sweden84
6,548 Scotland57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
216,672 Thailand42
176,839 Indonesia41
152,033 France40
129,424 Germany31
16,083 Denmark29
19,287 New Zealand25
10,209 Mauritania20
13,856 Singapore17
5,325 Cyprus16
295,035 Brazil13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
111,742 Malaysia10
48,153 Egypt9
7,955 China9
327,793 Nigeria7
695 Saint Kitts and Nevis6
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
75,466 Israel6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

I. Bye from Germany aboard the Greece from Liverpool & Queenstown on June 2, 1874. She is registered to be 28 years old when she arrived in USA. J. Bye, aged 7, M Bye, aged 3, N Bye, aged 4, Agnes Bye (7), Gunt. Bye, aged 1, Laborer Guntl. Bye, Ingold Bye, aged 9, Johann Bye (3), and 1 other Bye around 60% of whom were laborer migrated to US.

Bye Namesakes

  • Erik Bye, versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author
  • Ronald Bye, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Pål Bye, retired Norwegian handball goalkeeper
  • Robert Bye, first Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Nicholas Bye, Conservative local politician in England
  • Ed Bye, British film and TV producer and director
  • Beth Bye, American politician from Connecticut
  • Oskar Bye, Norwegian gymnast

Bye Namesakes

  • Erik Bye, versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author
  • Ronald Bye, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  • Pål Bye, retired Norwegian handball goalkeeper
  • Robert Bye, first Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Nicholas Bye, Conservative local politician in England
  • Ed Bye, British film and TV producer and director
  • Beth Bye, American politician from Connecticut
  • Oskar Bye, Norwegian gymnast

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