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    The surname Grays

    A surname, carried by 2,404 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G620

    Grays: #12,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Grays #12,825, 2,404 people Grays: #12,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Grays #12,825, 2,404 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Grays is more common than 92.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,404 people named Grays in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,430 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,232.

    #12,825
    rank among US surnames
    2,404
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,705)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,817Carew2,406128,323
    #12,821Brugger2,405128,377
    #12,825Grays2,404128,430
    #12,827Tercero2,403128,483
    #12,830Yale2,402128,537
    #12,831Loe2,401128,590
    #12,833Vinci2,400128,644

    Who is named Grays

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

    85% of people named Grays identified as Black (not Hispanic), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Grays

    Grays has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Grays?
    2,404 people in the United States had the surname Grays in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,430 Americans. It ranked 12,825th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Grays?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Grays identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Grays getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,404 in 2010, up 7.7%.