Bye Surname

36,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

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).

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Bye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9801:72,7838,404
Norway2,7971:1,839150
England2,6831:20,7672,936
Australia1,4081:19,1732,651
Canada9911:37,1804,718
Pakistan4541:393,4897,461
India3201:2,397,07977,570
South Africa1351:401,31635,360
Wales1141:27,1452,804
Sweden841:117,2238,378
Scotland571:93,9276,548
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
France401:1,660,568152,033
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Denmark291:194,64516,083
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Mauritania201:204,74310,209
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
China91:151,924,6187,954
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Saint Kitts and Nevis61:9,200695
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Bhutan31:205,3461,091
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Belize11:355,4743,977
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4761:16,5142,410
Wales261:60,3242,968
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5231:96,0209,791

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.'.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See by. But it seems also to have been a personal name, as Fil.' Bye occurs in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Dorset Orfrom the Danish, Bie, Bye; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻲ) is most common in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms: Byé. For other possible spellings of Bye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,439th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 503,527 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 41 percent of Bye are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bye is also the 208,516th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 1,405 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,980 people, or 1 in 72,783. In The United States Bye is most common in: Minnesota, where 13 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Washington, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Bye exists in 85 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 19 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Bye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bye surname rose 952 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 438 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bye last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Byé898/
Boye8657,963/
Baye8656,891/
Beye8642,934/
Byer866,166/
Biye864,934/
Buye86710/
Byes86290/
Byeh86173/
Bøye8694/
Byee8670/
Byea8660/
Byye8636/
Bèye8618/
Æbye8617/
Byet8612/
Béye8612/
Byed868/
Bhye864/
Åbye864/
Byie863/
Hbye862/
Byoe862/
Byej862/
Byhe861/
Byje861/
B'Ye861/
Byey861/
Bhoye7559,784/
Boyes7513,744/
Bayeh758,201/
Bayes757,054/
Bouye754,522/
Bayet753,180/
Bayed751,964/
Baiye751,826/
Bayye751,521/
Bayee751,405/
Boyet751,060/
Bhaye75511/
Buoye75505/
Boyee75467/
Bhuye75445/
Baaye75318/
Boyed75303/
Byess75296/
Boyez75256/
Beyed75217/
Beyes75212/
Bayez75196/
Byett75167/
Beyee75149/
Byhet75147/
Bayie75142/
Bhyer75138/
Buyet75134/
Biyee75130/
Beyet75116/
Beiye75113/
Buyes75108/
Booye7590/
Boiye7589/
Bieye7572/
Boyie7569/
Biyeh7564/
Bayep7563/
Beyeh7558/
Byies7547/
Bioye7547/
Bheye7540/
Biyed7540/
Byest7532/
Biyet7532/
Boyeh7531/
Buyee7527/
Hbeye7523/
Behye7522/
Buyeh7520/
Bygge7519/
Bayhe7519/
Buyie7517/
Beeye7517/
Buuye7517/
Bahye7516/
Bohye7515/
Bhiye7513/
Bajye759/
Byets759/
Boyye759/
Byhei759/
Bauye758/
Byoye758/
Bhyet756/
Biyes755/
Buyye755/
Bhyed755/
Håbye755/
B'Eye754/
Beyye754/
Boyep754/
Beyhe753/
Byher753/
Beuye753/
Buyed753/
Høbye753/
Boyhe752/
B'Aye752/
Bijye752/
Byhee752/
Beyie752/
Buiye752/
Byoey752/
Bhyes752/
Byerr751/
Boyje751/
Hbaye751/
Bayje751/
Bhyje751/
Bhyoe751/
Beyje751/
Byohe751/
Boïye751/
Beyep751/
Baïye751/
Beyez751/
Buhye751/
Bgoye751/
Bhyee751/
Beyğe751/
Byech750/
Bee67292,845/
Boy6790,441/
Bey6783,348/
Bay6772,985/
Bej6741,109/
Bie6738,596/
Bei6716,947/
Boe6716,154/
Bea6714,743/
Bae6711,397/
Beu676,750/
Boyett676,088/
Bue675,590/
Bayech673,387/
Buy673,044/
Wye671,658/
Bhayje671,444/
Vye671,098/
Boyeau67544/
Bayjed67451/
Baayer67445/
Baayeh67308/
Bahaye67239/
Bhuiye67207/
Baiyee67200/
Bhoyes67108/
Biye'e6794/
Bouyeh6785/
Bayesh6783/
Bhoyed6783/
Bhaiye6780/
Bayett6773/
Baiyer6760/
Booyes6753/
Booyee6752/
Beyett6751/
Bhoyeh6747/
Bée6744/
Bhayye6743/
Bhayee6736/
Bouyet6735/
Bouyee6731/
Byj6727/
Bhoyep6726/
Bouyez6725/
Bje6720/
Boiyee6718/
Beyedh6717/
Bouyed6717/
Bge6717/
Bhojye6716/
Baiyeh6716/
Bayihe6716/
H'Beye6715/
Bayhet6715/
Bhoyee6715/
Baiyet6714/
Bjy6714/
Bhoyet6714/
Beà6711/
Bhayed6710/
Boiyea6710/
Beé6710/
Bøyeie6710/
Bhayet6710/
Baayie679/
Baheye678/
Baayee678/
Bouyes677/
Buoyee677/
Bhauye676/
Bhajye676/
Bohyee676/
Bouyep676/
Bayyea675/
Beyyeh675/
Bayyer675/
Bayeed674/
Beyech674/
Boiyer673/
Beiyer673/
Béy673/
B'Heye672/
Bhouye672/
Beyees672/
Bayyee672/
Boyier672/
Bayess672/
Baygie672/
Bhayie672/
Biyesh672/
Bóy672/
Beá672/
Bihyeh672/
Bayier672/
Bhayeh672/
Bhayes671/
Buyeth671/
Boyahe671/
Boyeet671/
Boyied671/
Boyiee671/
Boyjie671/
Booyhe671/
Behyeh671/
Bayees671/
Bayeet671/
Bayies671/
Bayyey671/
Bheiye671/
Bheyye671/
Bhhoye671/
Bhioye671/
Bhooye671/
Biyedh671/
Bhaaye671/
B'Haye671/
Ba'aye671/
Boyyer671/
Boyies671/
Bahyee671/
Beê671/
Buyieh671/
Beyihe671/
Bieyeh671/
Bihyep671/
Bhuyee671/
Bhyyeh671/
Bahyeh671/
Baiyey671/
Bauyes671/
Bayheh671/
Bayhie671/
Bayyed671/
Bayyeh671/
Hbayet671/
Buyech671/
Baiyes671/
Biyehe671/
Beeyie671/
Buyess670/
Boyess670/
Buyett670/
Beyies670/
Boiyez670/

Bye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻲby85.71
ﺍﺑﻲaby14.29

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