Day

102,775 people in the United States were counted with the surname Day in the 2020 census, making it the 300th most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,908.

By the numbers

People: 102,775
Rank: 300th
How common: 1 in 2,908
Per 100,000: 34.4

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

This surname has multiple origins. Besides the ones listed below, Norman origin has also been suggested from De Haie", or "a corruption of the Normandy French D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy".

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Day described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 79.8%
Black, not Hispanic 10.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%

Notable people called Day

Doris Day (1922–2019)American actress and singer
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–2023)American lawyer and jurist
Dorothy Day (1897–1980)American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert
Charlie Day (born 1976)American actor, writer and producer
Felicia Day (born 1979)American actress
Andra Day (born 1984)American singer
Laraine Day (1920–2007)American actress
William R. Day (1849–1923)US Supreme Court justice from 1903 to 1922

People named Day with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Day

Dayton
Daye

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.