The Vay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 376 people carried this name — #54,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 345 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 156 people named Vay 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 Córdoba.
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 80 people named Vay.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Vay live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Vay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ádám Vay 1657–1719 · military personnel -
Michael Vay de Vaja 1550–1642 · aristocrat
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Nathan Vay 1581–1651 · Christian minister
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Peter Vay de Vaja 1611–1662 · aristocrat
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Lodewijk Vay 1630–1676 · painter
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Ábrahám Vay 1630–1700 · land owner
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vay.
- Vater 602 · U.S. census
- Vautier 213 · U.S. census
- Vautour 382 · U.S. census
- Vautrin 276 · U.S. census
- Vaux 423 · U.S. census
- Vavasseur 113 · U.S. census
- Vaz 2,317 · U.S. census
- Vazquez 138,322 · U.S. census
- Veber 182 · U.S. census
- Vecchi 394 · U.S. census
- Vecchio 2,909 · U.S. census
- Vecchioni 164 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vay is.
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