The Buy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 155 people carried this name — #113,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 161 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 317 people named Buy.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 25 people named Buy 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 Santa Fe.
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.
Who carried it
People named Buy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Olivier Buy 1965– · handball referee -
Tito Buy 1846–1923 · poet
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Éric Buy 1956– · politician
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Margherita Buy 1962– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Buy.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Buy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.