How common is the surname Cray?

2,719 people in the United States had the surname Cray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. It ranked 11,560th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cray?

Seymour Cray, Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996), followed by Robert Cray.

Where is the surname Cray most common?

Wikidata records people named Cray in the United States.

Is the surname Cray getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,719 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Cray

A surname, carried by 2,719 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cray is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy. * As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from kraai (“crow”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,719 people named Cray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,743.

#11,560

rank among US surnames

2,719

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,689)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551
#11,568	Carbonell	2,718	113,593

Who is named Cray

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

72% of people named Cray identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crays

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seymour Cray
Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996)
Robert Cray
American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cray

Cray has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Questions

Where does the surname Cray come from?: * As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy. * As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from…
How common is the surname Cray?: 2,719 people in the United States had the surname Cray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. It ranked 11,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cray?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Cray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cray?: Seymour Cray, Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996), followed by Robert Cray.
Where is the surname Cray most common?: Wikidata records people named Cray in the United States.
Is the surname Cray getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,719 in 2010, down 0.9%.