Spray Surname

85,037th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Spray Surname Definition:

(English) The lively, alert person.

Spray Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5831:101,16111,221
England1,2481:44,6465,643
Canada1951:188,95218,643
Peru1151:276,38410,837
Israel981:87,32310,358
Australia861:313,90427,145
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Afghanistan561:574,1646,873
Wales401:77,3636,557
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
France61:11,070,454349,096
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
China41:341,830,39216,990
Panama41:978,06412,245
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8941:27,2663,715
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7061:71,1317,650

Spray (146) may also be a first name.

Spray Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The lively, alert person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Dutch, Spree; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Spray Last Name Facts

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

Spray (Arabic: سبراي, Hindi: एसपीराय) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Spray.

How Common Is The Last Name Spray? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 85,037th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,283,923 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Spray are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 763,528th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 146 people.

Spray is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,583 people, or 1 in 101,161. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 46 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Spray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spray has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spray last name increased 508 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,000 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 136 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spray Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spray last name are 16.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.36% being registered with the party.

The amount Spray earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 86.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,083 per year; in South Africa they earn 108.12% more than the national average, earning R 494,580 per year; in United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,741 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.66% more than the national average, earning $51,998 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprayt9159/
Sprays916/
Spraay911/
Spry898,870/
Spra8926/
Sprau80692/
Sprey80486/
Sprea80357/
Sprys80121/
Spåra8067/
Sprah8054/
Sprat8052/
Spryd8046/
Sprye8027/
Spryś8026/
Sprad8021/
Spruy8014/
Spryß803/
Spréa802/
Spryt802/
Sprai802/
Sppry801/
Shpra801/
Sphra801/
Sprra801/
Sproy801/
Sppra801/
Spraj801/
Sprry800/
Sprae800/
Sprap800/
Spratt7311,932/
Spruyt733,448/
Spread73102/
Spraus7397/
Sprysz7385/
Spreys7331/
Sprawe7330/
Spraut7329/
Sprach7321/
Spreat7317/
Spreha7314/
Spreyz7312/
Spriyo739/
Szpryt737/
Spryhs737/
Spraue736/
Spreia734/
Spraid733/
Sprych732/
Sprait732/
Spraud731/
Spruiy731/
Spreas731/
Sprass731/
Sproia731/
Sproya731/
Sprash731/
Sprahe731/
Shpfra731/
Sprats730/
Sprrat730/
Sprahs730/
Spraat730/
Sprath730/
Spragge67225/
Spraitz6763/
Spreads6728/
Sprohys6721/
Spre6720/
Szprych6719/
Sprysch6715/
Spri6713/
Shpryts675/
Spratts673/
Spruhys673/
Sprauss672/
Spruiyt672/
Sprahue671/
Hspratt671/
Jspratt671/
Spragie671/
Spruydt671/
Spruyts671/
Sprauch670/
Sprattz670/
Sprgaue670/

Spray Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spray in the Hindi language
एसपीरायesapiraya-
Spray in the Arabic language
سبرايsbray-
اسبرايasbray-

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