The Pay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 854 people carried this name — #28,049 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (855).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 242 people named Pay 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Pay.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Maine-et-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.
Who carried it
People named Pay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Amy Pay d. 1933
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Anne Tritton 1726–
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William Pay 1819–1904
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Ferdinand Wellens 1883–1945 · typographer
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Kevin Pay 1939–2020 · Australian rules football player
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Jenő Pay 1940– · engineer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pay.
- Pawlaczyk 301 · U.S. census
- Pawlak 4,127 · U.S. census
- Pawlicki 823 · U.S. census
- Pawlik 1,763 · U.S. census
- Pawlowski 5,332 · U.S. census
- Pax 350 · U.S. census
- Paya 190 · U.S. census
- Payan 6,443 · U.S. census
- Payant 262 · U.S. census
- Paye 918 · U.S. census
- Payen 627 · U.S. census
- Payer 866 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pay 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.