How common is the last name Lay?

18,585 people in the United States have the last name Lay, about 1 in 16,083. It ranks #1,896 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAY

#1,896

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,585
About
1 in 16,083
This common or more
47.2%
Who bears it

Of the 18,585 people with the last name Lay, 64.3% reported their origin as White, 19% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 7.8% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lay

#1,894 Keys · 18,623#1,895 Goodrich · 18,599#1,897 Hinson · 18,581#1,898 Pulido · 18,572

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,072 Law · 32,116#1,136 Lau · 30,237#1,614 Lai · 21,611#4,298 La · 7,987#5,096 Lao · 6,668#30,557 Lah · 818#35,729 Laye · 677#51,542 Laya · 436

Also a first name

As a first name, Lay ranks #8,920 of 53,615, with 1,595 people. See Lay as a first name

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