The Palay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 149 people carried this name — #116,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 152 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Palay surname
A surname from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan Palai.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palay» (French), 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 72 people named Palay.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Loire.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 39 people named Palay live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Palay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joaquim Palay i Jaurés 1855–1928 · businessperson -
Matild Palay 1891–1966 · opera singer -
Yan Palay 1848–1903 · writer
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Abdurrahman Palay 1923–2002 · voice actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palay.
- Palama 185 · U.S. census
- Palamara 372 · U.S. census
- Palanca 402 · U.S. census
- Palao 317 · U.S. census
- Palas 329 · U.S. census
- Palau 743 · U.S. census
- Palazzi 377 · U.S. census
- Palazzo 3,203 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,374 · U.S. census
- Pale 366 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 476 · U.S. census
- Palermo 8,165 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Palay is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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