How rare is the last name Nye?

11,915 people in the United States have the last name Nye, about 1 in 25,086. It ranks #2,955 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NYE

#2,955

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,915
About
1 in 25,086
This common or more
52.4%
Who bears it

Of the 11,915 people with the last name Nye, 91.4% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nye

#2,953 Lomeli · 11,925#2,954 Caron · 11,919#2,956 Casper · 11,906#2,956 Pease · 11,906

Spelled almost the same

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

#44,611 Ny · 518#109,465 Nyo · 172

Also a first name

As a first name, Nye ranks #30,168 of 53,615, with 290 people. See Nye as a first name

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