The Ky surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,042 people carried this name — #24,137 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 19% from 873 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Ky.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Ky 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 Ky,
with a public archive behind them.
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Patrick Ky 1967– · official -
Laetitia Ky 1996– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ky.
- Kuzma 2,588 · U.S. census
- Kwasniewski 723 · U.S. census
- Kwasnik 550 · U.S. census
- Kwiatek 564 · U.S. census
- Kwiatkowski 6,377 · U.S. census
- Kwiecien 529 · U.S. census
- La 6,655 · U.S. census
- Laas 299 · U.S. census
- Lab 411 · U.S. census
- Labadie 1,926 · U.S. census
- Laban 520 · U.S. census
- Labar 1,887 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ky 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.