Where Does The Last Name Jay Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Jay (Arabic: جاي, Bengali: জয়, Hindi: जय, Marathi: जय, Oriya: ଜୟ, Tibetan: ཇེ་) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Jaÿ. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jay.

How Common Is The Last Name Jay? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 10,081^st most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,536 people. The last name Jay is primarily found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Jay live; 32 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 687^th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 1,196,067 people.

The last name Jay is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 16,071 people, or 1 in 22,554. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 13 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States Jay occurs in 156 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Jay Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Jay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jay surname increased 661 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,344 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 440 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Jay Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Jay surname is primarily Catholic (57%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Jay surname are 11.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.69% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Jay earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.35% less than the national average, earning 289,503 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.41% more than the national average, earning R 383,580 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning $22,316,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $44,255 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.23% more than the national average, earning $51,784 CAD per year.