How Many People Have the Last Name Jay?
people had the surname Jay in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 29,940 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+81 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Jay (78.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 9.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Jay ranks #2,711. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Jay grew from 9,771 people in 2000 to 9,852 in 2010 (up 0.8%), and its rank fell from #3,349 to #3,604. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 3.62 to 3.34 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 9,771 | 9,852 |
| Rank | #3,349 | #3,604 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.62 | 3.34 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Jay
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Jay: J000
👤 Jay as a First Name
Jay is a first name too: about 139,785 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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