Bay Family History
Bay Name Meaning
English, French, and Dutch: nickname for someone with chestnut
or auburn hair, from Middle English, Old French bay,
bai, Middle Dutch bay ‘reddish brown’ (Latin
badius, used originally of horses).English: from the
Middle English personal name Baye, Old English Beaga
(masculine) or Beage (feminine).Scottish:
reduced form of McBeth.German: from the Germanic personal
name Baio.The name is also found in Denmark and
Norway, where it may be a short form of German Bayer or from
baygh, originally a loan word from French denoting a type of
fabric.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bay Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bay families
 60 - 117  21 - 59 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bay families
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53 - 104 18 - 52 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bay families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bay Family Origin
Bay Immigration Information
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Bay Family Occupations
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