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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
 0
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