Cognomen Nye (奈 
, Nye 
, ناي 
, and others...) , across the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Nye is characteristic of Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, Iraq, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Nye is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 奈 | China |
| Nye | Australia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, Myanmar |
| ناي | Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
| ナイ | Japan |
| Най | Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
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philip nye English theologian (b. 1595) |
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nathaniel nye British mathematician and astronomer (b. 1624) |
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| john nye English clerk and writer (b. 1630) |
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| nathaniel nye GB (b. 1624) |
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| stephen nye British theologian (b. 1648) |
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| david nye 1 Jul 1706 - 17 Apr 1796 (b. 1706) |
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| stephen nye 6 Jun 1720 - 6 Jul 1810 (b. 1720) |
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| jonathan nye 27 Nov 1757 Barnstable, MA - Sep 1854 Fairfield, Maine (b. 1757) |
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james w. nye American judge (1815-1876), US (b. 1815) |
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charles h. nye politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1821) |
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francis augustus nye politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1823), US (b. 1823) |
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william foster nye American businessman (1824-1910), US (b. 1824) |
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| thomas nye (b. 1768) |
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| susan d. nye teacher (1790-1867), US (b. 1790) |
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| jonathan nye 30 Jun 1792 Sandwich, MA - (b. 1792) |
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