The KAYE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	8,753	3720	0.003	32
United States (1880 census)	288	14732	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+8465	+11012	+0.002	+26
Other Countries
Australia	1,077	1535	0.007	66
United Kingdom	6,130	1019	0.013	133

Top States for KAYE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	1,182	2507	0.003	35
New York	1,131	1507	0.006	60
Florida	1,063	1824	0.007	67
New Jersey	499	1712	0.006	59
Wisconsin	397	1543	0.007	74
Top States for KAYE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Wisconsin	397	1543	0.007	74
Florida	1,063	1824	0.007	67
Connecticut	217	1908	0.006	64
New York	1,131	1507	0.006	60
New Jersey	499	1712	0.006	59

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KAYE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KAYE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KAYE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KAYE by picking someone at random in Wisconsin than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KAYE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KAYE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KAYE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KAYE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	303	3.46
Black/African American	145	1.66
White (Hispanic)	137	1.57
Mixed Race	133	1.52
Asian/Pacific	75	0.86
White (Caucasian)	7,960	90.94

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KAYE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KAYE in historical publications

KAYE. KAY. " The family of Kaye," says an old statement, " is of great antiquity in the county of York, being descended from Sir Kaye, an ancient Briton, and one of the KnigliU of the warliliS Table of that noUe Prince Arthur, floiver of cMvalrij ! .'" It is added that his descendant at the period of the " Norman Duke that made Conquest of England, was Sir John Kaye, Knight, who married the daughter and heir of Sir John ■\7oodesliam, of Woodesham, Knight, AK AXCIENT Briton ! 1" Not to speculate upon the age in round centuries that Miss Woodesham must have been at the time of her nuptials, we may ask, where is the proof of a De Woodesham or a De anything in England " before the time of the Conquest," when this match is alleged to have taken place ? The truth seems to be, that at "Woodsome in Yorkshire there resided in very early times a family of Kay, Keay, or Kaye, the head of which, some centuries later was created a baronet by Charles I. The patent expired in 1810, but was revived shortly afterwards in favour of the reputed son of the fifth baronet. The name may be a modification of Caius or some other personal designation.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to KAYE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KAYE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.