The Laye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 635 people carried this name — #35,447 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 652 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Laye surname
Variant of Lee.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Laye» (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 548 people named Laye.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Eure-et-Loir.
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.
Who carried it
People named Laye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dilys Laye 1934–2009 · screenwriter -
Elizabeth Patricia Ramsay 1831–1932 · writer
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Joseph Henry Laye 1849–
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Francis George Sinclair Laye 1853–1891
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Amy Selina Nugent 1854–1920
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Seydina Issa Rohou Laye 1876–1949
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laye.
- Lavy 783 · U.S. census
- Lawniczak 472 · U.S. census
- Lawrence 129,699 · U.S. census
- Lawson 119,053 · U.S. census
- Lay 18,468 · U.S. census
- Laya 368 · U.S. census
- Layer 1,323 · U.S. census
- Layes 112 · U.S. census
- Laz 219 · U.S. census
- Lazar 6,093 · U.S. census
- Lazard 709 · U.S. census
- Lazare 734 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Laye is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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