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There are approximately 1,185 people named Say in the UK. That makes it the 6,474th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 19 are named Say.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

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Sayi
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The Say surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SAY. The first of this name mentioned by Dugdale, is Picot de Say, who, in the time of the Conqueror, was one of the principal personages in Shropshire, under Roger de Montgomer}', Earl of Shrewsbury. Though the pedigree is incomplete, he vas, no doubt, the progenitor of the great family of Say, which gaVe birth to Geoffrey de Say, one of the twenty-five barons of Magna Charta, and many other eminent persons. The barony became abeyant in 1382, and still so remains. The name aiipears to have been derived from the comnnnie of Sai, near Argentan, in

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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