as a Last Name
- 15,141
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Way
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly southern): topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, Old English weg (cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place named with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye, in Devon.
| 2,415th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,141
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Way per capita
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