Last name Tay (Tay 
, Тай 
, Таы ) , around the world, is a widespread surname. The family name Tay is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Singapore, where it is a widespread surname, Malaysia, where it is quite a common surname, and Brunei (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in South-eastern Asia, particularly Singapore, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Likewise, Tay is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Tay | Myanmar, Singapore, Ghana, Malaysia, Turkey |
| Тай | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan |
| Таы | Russia |
| Тэй | Kyrgyzstan |
Dai, Tai, Taye, Taý, Taÿ, Taŷ, Tea, Tày, Tàý, Tàÿ, Táy, Táý, Táÿ, Táŷ, Tây, Tâý, Tâÿ, Tãy, Tãý, Tãÿ, Tè, Tāy, Tāÿ, Tăy, Tăÿ, Tǻŷ, Tầy, Tẩy, Đái, Đới, Ťay, Ťaÿ, Ťaŷ, Ťàý, Ťáŷ, Ťâý, Ťâÿ, Ťãý, Ťãÿ, Ťāý, Ťāŷ, Ťăý, Ťăŷ, Дай, Таи, Таий, טאי, תאי, تأي, تاى, تاي, تىي, داي, طأي, طاي, طای, طةي, ตัย, ทอัญ, ทัญ, ทัย, ธัญ, อทัย, တယ္, တယ္း, တယ္္, တယ်, ့တယ္, ္တယ္, តាយ, タイ, ダイ, テイ, 戴, 戴氏, and 泰
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john tay American missionary, FJ (b. 1832) |
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| tay geok teat (b. 1832) |
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tay garnett American film director and writer (1894–1977), US (b. 1894) |
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| tay sek tin Chinese pastor (b. 1872) |
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| tay malarkey American film editor (b. 1889) |
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roland tay Singaporean funeral director, SG (b. 1947) |
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| tay hohoff American literary editor and author (1898-1974), US (b. 1898) |
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| tay brown American football player and coach, basketball coach, US (b. 1911) |
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simon tay Singaporean author, law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament, SG (b. 1961) |
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joe tay Hong Kong singer and actor, CA (b. 1962) |
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| leonard tay Chinese athlete (b. 1912) |
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ronnie tay Singaporean civil servant and former admiral, SG (b. 1963) |
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patrick tay Singaporean politician, SG (b. 1971) |
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| r. tay badminton player, CN (b. 1923) |
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kiki tay Singaporean magician, SG (b. 1981) |
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