Last Name RATTRAY

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Meaning	Local: Of Rattray, a parish in county Perth. Derived from a barony of the same name in Perthshire. The first name on record is Alan de Ratheriff, who lived in the reigns or William the Lion and Alexander III. The family might still reside at Craighall, in the parish of Rattray. Local: from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. The family are descended from Alanus de Raterift".

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank	21,273 (2000 US census)	28,448 (1990 US census)

Count	1,148 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

62.98%, or 723 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
31.01%, or 356 total occurrences, as black,
0.7%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.87%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.79%, or 32 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.66%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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