Last Name PYE

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Meaning	Nickname: The pie, i.e. magpie. A contraction of 'Ap Hugh,' the son of Hugh, "u" having in Welsh the sound of "y." A contraction of 'Ap Hugh' (see Pugh); also, a bird; there was an old sign of a pye over an inn in London called 'Pye Corner.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank	8,171 (2000 US census)	8,796 (1990 US census)

Count	3,732 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

69.99%, or 2612 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.45%, or 987 total occurrences, as black,
0.72%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 20 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.45%, or 54 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.86%, or 32 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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