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There are approximately 7,651 people named Gay in the UK. That makes it the 1,410th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 121 are named Gay.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Gay surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GAY. O. Fr. §•«?", cheerful, merry. A Be Gay is found in H.R. (co. Oxon); but Le Gai and Le Gey are more common.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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