How rare is the last name Kaye?

8,244 people in the United States have the last name Kaye, about 1 in 36,256. It ranks #4,159 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KAYE

#4,159

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,244
About
1 in 36,256
This common or more
56.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,244 people with the last name Kaye, 87.7% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as American Indian or Alaska Native. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kaye

#4,157 Southard · 8,246#4,157 Zayas · 8,246#4,160 Castellon · 8,241#4,161 Arsenault · 8,240

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,538 Kay · 22,730#16,106 Kaya · 1,739#97,359 Kae · 200#111,467 Kaae · 168#130,360 Kayo · 136

Also a first name

As a first name, Kaye ranks #2,332 of 53,615, with 10,908 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1947, with 547 births. See Kaye as a first name

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