The Babey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 194 people carried this name — #94,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 7% from 208 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
222 people named Babey live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 131 people named Babey.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haute-Saône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Babey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie François Vincent Michel Babey 1774–1849 · politician
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Claude Marie Philibert Babey 1786–1848 · naturalist
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Charles Babey 1927–2001 · swimmer
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Marcellin Babey 1956– · historian
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Fabio Babey 1980– · jurist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Babey.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Babey is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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