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The bey Surname

bey Name Meaning and History

  1. North German and Frisian: from the Old Frisian personal name Beyo or Boy(e) (see Boye).
  2. French: habitational name from any of the places so named, in Ain, Meurthe-et-Moselle, or Saône-et-Loire.
  3. French (Burgundy): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill stream.
  4. Muslim: from beg ‘bey’, a Turkish title of respect. Compare Baig.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bey Families in the US in 1920
Number of bey families
 18-34
 7-17		 1-6
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Threads: 19 - Messages: 60
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EDWARD BEY-DAWN BEY MICHELLE 2
apellido bey MM_PR 1
Elizabeth SMith Bey Eve Mayes 12
RE: Howard K. Bey married Gladys Mary Dittemore cabletv1 0
Listing of Inhabitants of Oberotterbach in 1686 (including Bey) accomack 0
Bondy-Bey ixiiprincess 1
Harold Bey-NYC and Hudson County, NJ BrendanBey 1
looking for relatives marion 0
Bey or Bay family in Nebraska Terri 0
bey,anderson JuneRiddell 0
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