# Viray (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/viray/  
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 the Philippine languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Kapampangan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,222 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,627 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 138,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (1,648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Filipino surname, mostly from Kapampangan From Pangasinan, and Tagalog, from a word for a type of boat.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Viray 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) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Similar surnames

Viera, Vieira, Vierra, Vieyra, Viar, Vera, Vara, Vora, Vore, Vohra.

## 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.