Last Name RYE

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Meaning	Local: Of Rye, a town in county Sussex. Also could be from 'de la Rie,' where 'la Rie,' meaning a bank, is a very common name of localities in Normandy. Local: From 'Rive,' a coast, a shore, a bank, border.

Origin	English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Irish

Rank	7,446 (2000 US census)	8,246 (1990 US census)

Count	4,120 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91%, or 3749 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.11%, or 128 total occurrences, as black,
1.65%, or 68 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.9%, or 37 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 69 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 69 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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