Surname Shay (Shay 
, שי , شاي 
, along with others...) , in all the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Shay is habitual in Israel, where it is a common surname, Mauritius, where it is quite a common surname, and Myanmar, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Israel, the United States, and Myanmar. Likewise, Shay is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Shay | Ethiopia, Israel, United States, Myanmar, India |
| שי | Israel |
| شاي | Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan |
| Шей, Шай | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan |
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ephraim shay American railroad engineer, US (b. 1839) |
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| peter shay (b. 1787) |
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william e. shay American actor, US (b. 1867) |
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danny shay Major League Baseball player, US (b. 1876) |
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george h. shay Mayor of Somerville, New Jersey, US (b. 1908) |
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dorothy shay American singer (1921-1978), US (b. 1921) |
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art shay American photographer, playwright, writer and United States Army officer (1922-2018), US (b. 1922) |
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charles norman shay American writer and veteran from World War II and the Korean War, US (b. 1924) |
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| florence green shay World War I army nurse, US (b. 1892) |
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| marty shay American baseball player, US (b. 1896) |
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| larry shay American songwriter (1897-1988), US (b. 1897) |
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| frank shay (b. 1888) |
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| normand shay Canadian ice hockey player, US (b. 1899) |
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| mildred shay American actress (1911-2005), US (b. 1911) |
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matthew shay president and CEO of the National Retail Federation (b. 1962) |
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