How rare is the last name Jay?

10,302 people in the United States have the last name Jay, about 1 in 29,014. It ranks #3,393 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JAY

#3,393

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,302
About
1 in 29,014
This common or more
54%
Who bears it

Of the 10,302 people with the last name Jay, 72.6% reported their origin as White, 11% as Black and 5.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jay

#3,391 Nolen · 10,314#3,392 Bayer · 10,305#3,394 Newkirk · 10,301#3,395 Beaulieu · 10,296

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jay, most common first.

#32,541 Jaye · 757#35,309 Jao · 687#49,062 Jah · 464#55,864 Ja · 396#77,462 Jae · 267#84,231 Jaya · 240#88,925 Jai · 224#102,164 Jaw · 188

Also a first name

As a first name, Jay ranks #339 of 53,615, with 164,097 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 5,429 births. See Jay as a first name

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