Grays Surname
Approximately 2,973 people bear this surname
Grays Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,782 | 1:130,287 | 13,730 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 1:492,340 | 34,768 |
Grays (144) may also be a first name.
Grays Demographics
Average Grays Salary in
United States
$34,044 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Grays Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grays Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grays (Russian: Грайс) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grays? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 148,682nd most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,451,243 people. Grays occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Grays reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Grays is also the 769,375th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 144 people.
The surname Grays is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,782 people, or 1 in 130,287. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 18 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Ohio, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Grays occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Grays Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Grays has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,727 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Grays Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Grays last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Grays last name are 14.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.41% being registered to vote for the party.
Grays earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.1% less than the national average, earning $34,044 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grays Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grays in the Russian language | ||
| Грайс | grajs | - |
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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
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- 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 Grays
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