Last Name JAY

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Meaning	Nickname: The jay, a chatterer, a gaily-dressed person. Also, local, 'of Jay,' a township in the parish of Leintwardine, county Hereford.

Origin	English, Irish, Moroccan

Rank	3,349 (2000 US census)	3,741 (1990 US census)

Count	9,771 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.51%, or 7867 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.54%, or 834 total occurrences, as black,
4.58%, or 448 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2%, or 195 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.07%, or 202 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.3%, or 225 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Russian middle names

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