# McRay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcray/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,022 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,483 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 302,099 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (1,017 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McRae.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McRay in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McRay in the United States.

## People named McRay

- John McRay, American archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1931-2018)

## Similar surnames

McRae, McRoy, McCray, McGraw, McCurry, McGarry, McCrea, McCraw, McGary, McCrae, McCary, McGeary.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.