The surname Turay
A surname, carried by 1,302 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T600
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,302 people named Turay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 791.
#20,408
rank among US surnames
1,302
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+64.6%
change since 2000 (was #28,407)
Who is named Turay
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Turay identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 78%
- White (not Hispanic) 19%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Turay has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.
Questions
- How common is the surname Turay?
- 1,302 people in the United States had the surname Turay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. It ranked 20,408th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Turay?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Turay identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Turay getting more or less common?
- More common. 791 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,302 in 2010, up 65%.