de Cray Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

de Cray Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Cray Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

de Cray Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Cray Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Cray has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of de Cray click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Cray? popularity and diffusion

de Cray is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of de Cray live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname de Cray is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Virginia, where 43 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 29 percent are found and California, where 14 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 13 percent are found.

de Cray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Cray has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Cray surname contracted 30 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Craye9318/
de Crea8688/
de Croy8626/
de Créa861/
de Crau860/
de Kraay8038/
de Crouy8014/
de Crooy807/
de Crais803/
de Cre7718/
de Cré7715/
de Crè771/
de Schrey751/
de Krey71143/
de Kraa71129/
de Cree71100/
de Crée7153/
de Cris716/
de Schreye716/
de Crio714/
de Crue711/
da Craz711/
de Cres711/
de Krap711/
de Schruye711/
de Craiova711/
di Crea711/
de Cret710/
de Creus6748/
de Krahe6744/
de Kraai6720/
de Kraus679/
de Cruiz675/
de Kruys673/
da Crauz672/
de Chris672/
de Kratz672/
di Crauz671/
de Cruje671/
de Crist671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Cray
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