The By surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 189 people carried this name — #90,652 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named By.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Sarthe.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to By.
- Buyck 300 · U.S. census
- Buys 1,160 · U.S. census
- Buysse 600 · U.S. census
- Buzin 101 · U.S. census
- Buzon 186 · U.S. census
- Buzzi 268 · U.S. census
- Byl 391 · U.S. census
- Cabal 644 · U.S. census
- Caballero 20,270 · U.S. census
- Caban 4,868 · U.S. census
- Cabana 1,487 · U.S. census
- Cabanas 1,668 · U.S. census
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