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Where Does The Last Name Paray Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Paray (Hindi: पारय, Marathi: पाराय, Oriya: ପାରାୟ, Russian: Парай, Tibetan: པ་རེས།) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Paray? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 101,683^rd most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,569,915 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Paray reside; 44 percent reside in South Asia and 32 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Paray is also the 321,047^th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 668 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 2,037 people, or 1 in 376,566. In India it is mostly found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 71 percent live, Gujarat, where 23 percent live and Bihar, where 2 percent live. Aside from India this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Paray Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Paray has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Paray last name expanded 3,122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Paray Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Paray surname are 5.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.75% registered with the party.

The amount Paray earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 33.74% more than the national average, earning $57,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.88% less than the national average, earning $48,251 CAD per year.