Nay surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Nay surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,337 people carried this name — #9,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 435 people named Nay.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Finistère.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Finistère 64
Ain 35
Paris 30
Mayenne 28
Sarthe 26
Lot-et-Garonne 25
Maine-et-Loire 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 20

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

224 people named Nay live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 125
Zurich 33
Aargau 12
Ticino 9
Solothurn 9
Thurgau 7
Bern 6
Geneva 5

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.

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