Last Name BYAS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of the by-house, i.e. the town house. It is possible the byhouse was used for the court that passed the local by-laws. The corruption is, if such be the case, as in customary with surnames, like Loftus, Bacchus (Bakehouse), etc.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 17,316 (2000 US census) 14,966 (1990 US census)
Count 1,505 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 28.57%, or 430 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 62.99%, or 948 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.52%, or 53 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.65%, or 55 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

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Longest last names

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