The Way surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,157 people carried this name — #2,552 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (14,222).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Way.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Way is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Way in American newspapers,
1902–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,476,748 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Way,
with a public archive behind them.
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Olof Way 1750–1819 -
Thomas Way d. 1596 · politician
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Emily Frances Way d. 1914
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Hugh Denman Way d. 1971
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Olivia Way d. 1888
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Juliana Carew 1676–1737
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Way.
- Watte 138 · U.S. census
- Wattier 354 · U.S. census
- Watts 89,649 · U.S. census
- Wauters 459 · U.S. census
- Wawrzyniak 1,093 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,838 · U.S. census
- Weaver 143,837 · U.S. census
- Webb 168,878 · U.S. census
- Webber 26,405 · U.S. census
- Weber 109,433 · U.S. census
- Webert 162 · U.S. census
- Webster 72,625 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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