Dey is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dey
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: It is in the Seine-et-Marne that the name is the most common, but is found in other regions (62, 67 in particular). This is a variation of God (qv).

How popular is Dey?

Dey is common in Bangladesh.

Dey is ranked 514 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Deies grew by 14.76641 per cent to 4127 since 2000 and ranked 8019 after elevating 422 spots. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.67 70.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
29.54 18.69
Black 5.84 5.59
Others 2.13 3.23
Hispanic or Latino 1.55 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.31
Dey is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Bangladesh is ahead in terms of density. Around 975915 people have been found who wears Dey as their family name. Dey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
839 South Korea10
932 Bermuda9
6,940 Japan8
7,022 Senegal7
1,667 Cambodia4
11,802 Egypt4
2,871 Iraq4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
2,967 Vietnam3
14,126 Colombia3
16,605 Austria3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
3,818 Zambia3
20,541 Peru3
147,165 Czech Republic2
89,020 Tanzania2
8,995 Uganda2
37,372 Georgia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
10,395 Latvia2
1,848 Madagascar2
23,858 Iran2
5,859 Mauritius2
3,940 Ethiopia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
7,299 Estonia2
9,272 Ecuador2
1,389 Barbados2
19,810 Croatia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
7,198 Maldives1
14,373 Jordan1
90,903 Moldova1
9,116 Nicaragua1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,941 Guatemala1
7,314 Bolivia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
15,705 Cameroon1
801 Cape Verde1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
28,365 Kenya1
1,819 Laos1
4,435 Togo1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,831 Tajikistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
24,421 Slovakia1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
3,243 Suriname1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,924 Paraguay1
97 Tuvalu1
2,196 Liberia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,952 Yemen1
3,307 Malta1
38,830 Morocco1
2,057 Myanmar1
971 Seychelles1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
6,298 Trinidad and Tobago15
3,114 China14
39,654 Kyrgyzstan12
12,810 Nigeria11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,183 Spain97
11,321 Israel94
67,110 Italy90
27,739 Netherlands89
92,589 Brazil79
677 Iceland57
7,402 Portugal55
10,614 Denmark54
14,717 Chile54
1,993 Thailand52
29,438 Belgium52
25,079 Belarus51
Countries with hundreds of Dey:
9,609 France943
1,202 United Arab Emirates879
4,998 Uzbekistan756
9,017 South Africa712
19,799 Philippines709
783 Oman681
24,029 Russia677
5,252 Saudi Arabia654
685 Mauritania585
5,208 Australia574
1,476 Scotland512
9,569 Mexico497
3,408 Tunisia495
5,097 Malaysia430
339 Guyana409
187 Bhutan370
15,978 Ukraine356
4,076 Switzerland288
1,594 Singapore260
951 Qatar253
3,044 New Zealand251
1,548 Kuwait244
43,146 Indonesia222
3,641 Finland217
5,678 Sweden167
18,175 Kazakhstan143
5,488 Norway138
1,845 Hong Kong130
10,984 Venezuela125
1,279 Bahrain122
40,399 Argentina119
3,358 Wales113
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Dey:
534 Ghana7,429
6,601 United States5,848
2,958 England2,597
4,166 Germany2,152
3,144 Algeria2,142
691 Nepal1,853
4,607 Poland1,289
4,226 Canada1,071
Countries with hundred thousands of Dey:
121 India624,178
58 Bangladesh313,166
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catharine Dey was 50 years old when she migrated to New-York during Irish famine on December 8, 1851. She lived in Ireland where she worked as and took Andrew Foster from Liverpool. Thomas Dey (20) Workman, 30 years old Dennis Dey, are other Dey that migrated to US.

From Italy

Farmer Gactano Dey from Italy aboard the Labrador from Havre. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in San-Francisco on November 21, 1878.

Comments

T
Thao Rohman
Dey is a family name, regional variant (Burgundy, Lorraine) of god, this name could designate a man resembling the traditional image of Christ or apply to one who's understanding of the role of Christ in the mysteries, in the middle Ages .

Dey Namesakes

  • Abhijit Dey, Cricket Player
  • Abhishek Dey, Author
  • Adelbert Von Deyen, Musician
  • Kareem Deyaa AlDin, Film director
  • Aleksandr Deyneka, Artist
  • Aleksandr Deyneka, Artist
  • Alfie Deyes, YouTuber
  • Aloknath Dey, Film Score Composer
  • Dipankar Dey, Actor
  • Manali Dey, Film actress
  • Soma Dey portrayed the crucial role of N in 1987 drama movie Nirjan Sanlap.
  • Purneima Dey portrayed leading role of N in 2018 0 film Gatmat.
  • In 2018, Roja Paromita Dey characterized the role of Shabana in drama flick Hoichoi Unlimited.
  • In 2015, Priyanka Dey characterized the role of Lilly in horror flick Sostenuto.
  • Deeya Dey, from 2017 horror, mystery film Let's Talk About 'It', who characterized the Kavita Mukherjee.
  • In 0 drama film, Her Story, Sudipta Dey characterized Shantanu Roy.
  • In 1987 drama film, Debshishu, Bijoy Dey characterized N.
  • Claudia Dey portrayed the leading role of Lena in 2013 drama and horror film The Oxbow Cure.
  • Riya Dey portrayed the important character of N in 2015 action and drama flick Raghupati Raghaba Rajaram.
  • In 1948 0 film, Shravan Kumar, K.C. Dey portrayed Blind man.
  • In 2019 drama flick, The River You Step In, Sharmila Dey played Mina.

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