How common is the surname Fray?

2,066 people in the United States had the surname Fray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fray getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Fray

A surname, carried by 2,066 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fray is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,066 people named Fray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,118.

#14,458

rank among US surnames

2,066

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,220)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,453	Lobb	2,067	149,369
#14,458	Fray	2,066	149,441
#14,465	Banes	2,065	149,514

Who is named Fray

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

62% of people named Fray identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fray

Fray has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Fray?: 2,066 people in the United States had the surname Fray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fray?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Fray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fray getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, down 2.5%.