Bye Surname
Approximately 14,473 people bear this surname
Bye Surname Definition:
BY: Local. Alicia de By, spouse of quondam William de Chernsyd or Chernysyd, burgess of Berwyk, made a gift of lands to the Hospital of Soltre c. 1250—70, and during the same period mention is made of Robert de By (Soltre, p. 31—32). Richard Bye of Aberdeen had a safe conduct to import salmon from Aberdeen to London, 1439 (Bain, IV, 1130).
Read More About This SurnameBye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,980 | 1:72,783 | 8,404 |
| Norway | 2,797 | 1:1,839 | 150 |
| England | 2,683 | 1:20,767 | 2,936 |
| Australia | 1,408 | 1:19,173 | 2,651 |
| Canada | 991 | 1:37,180 | 4,718 |
| Pakistan | 454 | 1:393,489 | 7,461 |
| India | 320 | 1:2,397,079 | 77,570 |
| South Africa | 135 | 1:401,316 | 35,360 |
| Wales | 114 | 1:27,145 | 2,804 |
| Sweden | 84 | 1:117,223 | 8,378 |
| Scotland | 57 | 1:93,927 | 6,548 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 1:9,200 | 695 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,476 | 1:16,514 | 2,410 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:60,324 | 2,968 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 523 | 1:96,020 | 9,791 |
The alternate forms: Byé (8) are calculated separately.
Bye (1,405) may also be a first name.
Bye Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
BY: Local. Alicia de By, spouse of quondam William de Chernsyd or Chernysyd, burgess of Berwyk, made a gift of lands to the Hospital of Soltre c. 1250—70, and during the same period mention is made of Robert de By (Soltre, p. 31—32). Richard Bye of Aberdeen had a safe conduct to import salmon from Aberdeen to London, 1439 (Bain, IV, 1130). Janet Buy in Dunblane, 1657, and Donald Roy By in Petnadalloch, Comrie (Dunblane). The name of these last two may be from Gaelic buidhe, 'yellow.'.
(English) Dweller at a Corner (of land) [Middle English by(e, Old English byge, a corner, curve] (A.Scand.) Dweller at a Scandinavian Settlement or Habitation [Old Norse by-r, dwelling(s, settlement; whence mod. Scandinavian by, village, town] William in the By.—Kirby’s Quest (Soms.), A.D. 1277.
(Teutonic) a nickname from the Bee. [Old English bío = Dutch bij-O.H.Ger. bía = O.Swed. bí, a bee]
See by. But it seems also to have been a personal name, as Fil.' Bye occurs in H.R.
A location name in Dorset Orfrom the Danish, Bie, Bye; a personal name.
Bye Demographics
Average Male Bye Height
176.34 cm
Average Female Bye Height
163.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻲ) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Byé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 36,439th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 503,527 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Bye reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bye is also the 208,516th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 1,405 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4,980 people, or 1 in 72,783. In The United States Bye is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 13 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Washington, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 85 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 19 percent are found and England, where 19 percent are found.
Bye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bye surname expanded 952 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 438 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Bye last name are 8.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.82% being registered with the party.
The amount Bye earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.56% less than the national average, earning 326,836 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23.52% more than the national average, earning R 293,532 per year; in United States they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $47,217 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.91% more than the national average, earning $50,632 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byé | 89 | 8 | / |
| Boye | 86 | 57,963 | / |
| Baye | 86 | 56,891 | / |
| Beye | 86 | 42,934 | / |
| Byer | 86 | 6,166 | / |
| Biye | 86 | 4,934 | / |
| Buye | 86 | 710 | / |
| Byes | 86 | 290 | / |
| Byeh | 86 | 173 | / |
| Bøye | 86 | 94 | / |
| Byee | 86 | 70 | / |
| Byea | 86 | 60 | / |
| Byye | 86 | 36 | / |
| Bèye | 86 | 18 | / |
| Æbye | 86 | 17 | / |
| Byet | 86 | 12 | / |
| Béye | 86 | 12 | / |
| Byed | 86 | 8 | / |
| Bhye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Åbye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Byie | 86 | 3 | / |
| Hbye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Byoe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Byej | 86 | 2 | / |
| Byhe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Byje | 86 | 1 | / |
| B'Ye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Byey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bhoye | 75 | 59,784 | / |
| Boyes | 75 | 13,744 | / |
| Bayeh | 75 | 8,201 | / |
| Bayes | 75 | 7,054 | / |
| Bouye | 75 | 4,522 | / |
| Bayet | 75 | 3,180 | / |
| Bayed | 75 | 1,964 | / |
| Baiye | 75 | 1,826 | / |
| Bayye | 75 | 1,521 | / |
| Bayee | 75 | 1,405 | / |
| Boyet | 75 | 1,060 | / |
| Bhaye | 75 | 511 | / |
| Buoye | 75 | 505 | / |
| Boyee | 75 | 467 | / |
| Bhuye | 75 | 445 | / |
| Baaye | 75 | 318 | / |
| Boyed | 75 | 303 | / |
| Byess | 75 | 296 | / |
| Boyez | 75 | 256 | / |
| Beyed | 75 | 217 | / |
| Beyes | 75 | 212 | / |
| Bayez | 75 | 196 | / |
| Byett | 75 | 167 | / |
| Beyee | 75 | 149 | / |
| Byhet | 75 | 147 | / |
| Bayie | 75 | 142 | / |
| Bhyer | 75 | 138 | / |
| Buyet | 75 | 134 | / |
| Biyee | 75 | 130 | / |
| Beyet | 75 | 116 | / |
| Beiye | 75 | 113 | / |
| Buyes | 75 | 108 | / |
| Booye | 75 | 90 | / |
| Boiye | 75 | 89 | / |
| Bieye | 75 | 72 | / |
| Boyie | 75 | 69 | / |
| Biyeh | 75 | 64 | / |
| Bayep | 75 | 63 | / |
| Beyeh | 75 | 58 | / |
| Byies | 75 | 47 | / |
| Bioye | 75 | 47 | / |
| Bheye | 75 | 40 | / |
| Biyed | 75 | 40 | / |
| Byest | 75 | 32 | / |
| Biyet | 75 | 32 | / |
| Boyeh | 75 | 31 | / |
| Buyee | 75 | 27 | / |
| Hbeye | 75 | 23 | / |
| Behye | 75 | 22 | / |
| Buyeh | 75 | 20 | / |
| Bygge | 75 | 19 | / |
| Bayhe | 75 | 19 | / |
| Buyie | 75 | 17 | / |
| Beeye | 75 | 17 | / |
| Buuye | 75 | 17 | / |
| Bahye | 75 | 16 | / |
| Bohye | 75 | 15 | / |
| Bhiye | 75 | 13 | / |
| Bajye | 75 | 9 | / |
| Byets | 75 | 9 | / |
| Boyye | 75 | 9 | / |
| Byhei | 75 | 9 | / |
| Bauye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Byoye | 75 | 8 | / |
| Bhyet | 75 | 6 | / |
| Biyes | 75 | 5 | / |
| Buyye | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bhyed | 75 | 5 | / |
| Håbye | 75 | 5 | / |
| B'Eye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beyye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Boyep | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beyhe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Byher | 75 | 3 | / |
| Beuye | 75 | 3 | / |
| Buyed | 75 | 3 | / |
| Høbye | 75 | 3 | / |
| Boyhe | 75 | 2 | / |
| B'Aye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bijye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Byhee | 75 | 2 | / |
| Beyie | 75 | 2 | / |
| Buiye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Byoey | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bhyes | 75 | 2 | / |
| Byerr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boyje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hbaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bayje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhyje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhyoe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beyje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Byohe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boïye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beyep | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baïye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beyez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buhye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bgoye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhyee | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beyğe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Byech | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bee | 67 | 292,845 | / |
| Boy | 67 | 90,441 | / |
| Bey | 67 | 83,348 | / |
| Bay | 67 | 72,985 | / |
| Bej | 67 | 41,109 | / |
| Bie | 67 | 38,596 | / |
| Bei | 67 | 16,947 | / |
| Boe | 67 | 16,154 | / |
| Bea | 67 | 14,743 | / |
| Bae | 67 | 11,397 | / |
| Beu | 67 | 6,750 | / |
| Boyett | 67 | 6,088 | / |
| Bue | 67 | 5,590 | / |
| Bayech | 67 | 3,387 | / |
| Buy | 67 | 3,044 | / |
| Wye | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Bhayje | 67 | 1,444 | / |
| Vye | 67 | 1,098 | / |
| Boyeau | 67 | 544 | / |
| Bayjed | 67 | 451 | / |
| Baayer | 67 | 445 | / |
| Baayeh | 67 | 308 | / |
| Bahaye | 67 | 239 | / |
| Bhuiye | 67 | 207 | / |
| Baiyee | 67 | 200 | / |
| Bhoyes | 67 | 108 | / |
| Biye'e | 67 | 94 | / |
| Bouyeh | 67 | 85 | / |
| Bayesh | 67 | 83 | / |
| Bhoyed | 67 | 83 | / |
| Bhaiye | 67 | 80 | / |
| Bayett | 67 | 73 | / |
| Baiyer | 67 | 60 | / |
| Booyes | 67 | 53 | / |
| Booyee | 67 | 52 | / |
| Beyett | 67 | 51 | / |
| Bhoyeh | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bée | 67 | 44 | / |
| Bhayye | 67 | 43 | / |
| Bhayee | 67 | 36 | / |
| Bouyet | 67 | 35 | / |
| Bouyee | 67 | 31 | / |
| Byj | 67 | 27 | / |
| Bhoyep | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bouyez | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bje | 67 | 20 | / |
| Boiyee | 67 | 18 | / |
| Beyedh | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bouyed | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bge | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bhojye | 67 | 16 | / |
| Baiyeh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bayihe | 67 | 16 | / |
| H'Beye | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bayhet | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bhoyee | 67 | 15 | / |
| Baiyet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bjy | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bhoyet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Beà | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bhayed | 67 | 10 | / |
| Boiyea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Beé | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bøyeie | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bhayet | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baayie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Baheye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Baayee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bouyes | 67 | 7 | / |
| Buoyee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bhauye | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhajye | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bohyee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bouyep | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bayyea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beyyeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bayyer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bayeed | 67 | 4 | / |
| Beyech | 67 | 4 | / |
| Boiyer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beiyer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Béy | 67 | 3 | / |
| B'Heye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhouye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beyees | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bayyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boyier | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bayess | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baygie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhayie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Biyesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bóy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beá | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bihyeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bayier | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhayeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhayes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyeth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyeet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyied | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyiee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyjie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Booyhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayees | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayeet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayyey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bheiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bheyye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhhoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhioye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhooye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biyedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhaaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| B'Haye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ba'aye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beê | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beyihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bieyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bihyep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuyee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhyyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baiyey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauyes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayheh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayyed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hbayet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baiyes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biyehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beeyie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buyess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Boyess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buyett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Beyies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Boiyez | 67 | 0 | / |
Bye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻲ | by | 85.71 |
| ﺍﺑﻲ | aby | 14.29 |
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