Surname Rye (ライ 
, Rye 
, راي 
) , around the globe, is a common last name. The family name Rye is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a common surname, Mauritius, where it is quite a rare surname, and Denmark. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Rye is the forename as well as the last name.
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| ライ | Japan |
| Rye | Norway, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Denmark |
| راي | Iran, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria, Iraq |
| ריי | Israel |
| roger rye English politician (b. 1301) |
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| philibert de rye Roman Catholic bishop, FR (b. 1450) |
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| louis de rye bishop, FR (b. 1505) |
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| joachim de rye (b. 1500) |
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| egidio van der rye Belgian painter, AT (b. 1555) |
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| ferdinand de rye FR (b. 1550) |
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| françois iii de rye Prince-archbishop of Besançon in the Holy Roman Empire, FR (b. 1566) |
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| claude de rye, baron of valançon Spanish general (b. 1576) |
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| william beauchamp rye Peerage person ID=682540 (b. 1723) |
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johan henrik rye Norwegian politician, NO (b. 1787) |
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olaf rye Norwegian-Danish general (1791-1849), NO (b. 1791) |
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| joseph jekyll rye (1759-1819) (b. 1759) |
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| peter jekyll rye British naval officer (1765-1851) (b. 1765) |
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| john rye (1767-1855) (b. 1767) |
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| elinor rye F; born 1805 August; died 1859 January 08 (b. 1805) |
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