Last Name WRAY

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Meaning Local: At the wray, i.e. in the corner, from residence therein. Ray is North Lancashire represents Wray as a surname, although surrounded with numerous spots called Wray, or of which Wray is an element. This word means a corner or a secluded place. Among the compounded place-names are Dock-wray, Capon-wray, and Thack-wray, all self-explanatory.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 2,257 (2000 US census) 1,710 (1990 US census)
Count 14,812 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.82%, or 12564 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 11.69%, or 1732 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 49 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.48%, or 71 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 225 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.17%, or 173 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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