as a Last Name
- 3,976
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rye
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by fens, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter ye ‘at the island’ (from Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’).
| 7,273rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,976
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Rye per capita
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