The Ley surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,380 people carried this name — #5,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 613 people named Ley.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
179 people named Ley live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ley.
- Lewicki 1,232 · U.S. census
- Lewin 4,659 · U.S. census
- Lewis 509,930 · U.S. census
- Lewkowicz 429 · U.S. census
- Lex 1,006 · U.S. census
- Lexa 301 · U.S. census
- Leyendecker 798 · U.S. census
- Leyes 280 · U.S. census
- Leys 488 · U.S. census
- Leyser 139 · U.S. census
- Lezer 138 · U.S. census
- Lherisson 217 · U.S. census
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