Bys Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Bys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
Ukraine1281:355,64644,014
Argentina561:763,27551,263
France301:2,214,091176,965
Cambodia161:967,9475,331
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
India101:76,706,538639,611
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
England11:55,718,059489,080
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Byś (7) & Byš (2) are calculated separately.

Bys (56) may also be a first name.

Bys Last Name Facts

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

Bys is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Byś or Byš. For other potential spellings of Bys click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bys? popularity and diffusion

Bys is the 612,595th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Bys are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 56 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 1,830,601. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 21 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 20 percent reside and Illinois, where 13 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 25 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 percent reside.

Bys Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bys surname are 11.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.81% registered with the party.

The amount Bys earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.96% less than the national average, earning R 47,616 per year and in United States they earn 7.12% more than the national average, earning $46,220 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Byś897/
Byš892/
Buys8622,469/
Bays8610,741/
Boys865,884/
Byts861,074/
Beys86665/
Byse86192/
Bysh86150/
Byss8614/
Byos862/
Byst862/
Büys862/
Bysp861/
Bysz861/
Byhs861/
By809,823/
Buyse753,696/
Booys75904/
Boyse75620/
Buyst75592/
Bayse75580/
Boyts75248/
Bayts75188/
Bouys75173/
Beyst75167/
Beyse75160/
Beyts75155/
Boyst75104/
Beyss7579/
Beyhs7545/
Boyds7541/
Baysh7532/
Bytse7530/
Boyss7512/
Bayss7511/
Beysh757/
Bysse755/
Boysh753/
Bahys753/
Bayst752/
Byshe752/
Buhys752/
Bytts751/
Bayhs751/
Buysh751/
Buoys751/
Bysøe751/
Byosh751/
Bauys751/
Buuys751/
Byshs751/
Byxsh751/
Bohys751/
Boyhs750/
Bysch750/
Boy6790,441/
Bey6783,348/
Bay6772,985/
Bis676,824/
Bes675,967/
Buysse674,332/
Booyse673,120/
Buy673,044/
Biy672,039/
Bhy67857/
Byt67789/
Baysse67416/
Bysova67299/
Byd67179/
Wys67134/
Byi67132/
Byy67114/
Øby6791/
Åby6790/
Bysshe6786/
Byo6779/
Byh6771/
Baysız6768/
Beydts6765/
Vys6763/
Bès6760/
Æby6756/
Byc6742/
Bohysh6741/
Buydts6738/
Behysh6730/
Beyshe6729/
Byj6727/
Byx6718/
Byø6715/
Bjs6714/
Byp6713/
Buysch6713/
Boysse6712/
Hby6711/
Bayseh676/
Bytsch675/
Byz675/
Bayshe674/
Beysse673/
Bés673/
Béy673/
Bís673/
Bahysh673/
Bóy672/
Boyszh671/
Baysch671/
B'Y671/
Buytts671/
Bouyss671/
Boytse671/
Bahays671/
Boydss671/
Byshch671/
Buhysh671/
Bouyse670/
Boystt670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bys
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