The Aye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,823 people carried this name — #15,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 140% from 760 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Aye surname
Borrowed from Burmese အေး (e: /eì/).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Aye» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 181 people named Aye.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Hautes-Alpes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Aye live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Aye live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Aye is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Aye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marion Aye 1903–1951 · stage actor -
Heinrich Aye 1851–1923 · archaeologist
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Daniel Aye 1877–1939 · pharmacist
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Curtis Aye 1878–1935 · writer
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Erich Aye 1909–2000 · pharmacist
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Erich Aye 1909–2000 · pharmacist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aye.
When the index is not enough
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