Last Name RAYS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Not available

Rank 94,676 (2000 US census)
Count 179 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 59.78%, or 107 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.79%, or 39 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.79%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 14.53%, or 26 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Surnames that make great first names

We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...


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