Last Name CAY

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Meaning A place of security, a warden or keeper; they bear in their arms a griffin's head erased, in the beak a key azure.
'Kea,' in the Cornish-British and Welsh, is an inclosure; that which fastens or secures; a landing for vessels; French, 'guai;' Dutch, 'kaai;' Gaelic, 'ceithe.'
Origin Scottish, Irish, Creole, Belgian

Rank 53,047 (2000 US census) 34,083 (1990 US census)
Count 366 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 46.72%, or 171 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.93%, or 51 total occurrences, as black,
  • 13.93%, or 51 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 22.4%, or 82 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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