How common is the surname Viray?

2,222 people in the United States had the surname Viray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Viray getting more or less common?

More common. 1,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Viray

A Kapampangan surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Viray is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Kapampangan origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,222 people named Viray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,648.

#13,627

rank among US surnames

2,222

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+34.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,135)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,622	Wilmer	2,224	138,824
#13,625	Gauvin	2,223	138,887
#13,627	Shum	2,222	138,949

Who is named Viray

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

88% of people named Viray identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.4% as two or more races and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
Two or more races 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
White (not Hispanic) 3.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Viray

Viray has the Soundex code V600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V600.

Questions

Where does the surname Viray come from?: Filipino surname, mostly from Kapampangan From Pangasinan, and Tagalog, from a word for a type of boat.
How common is the surname Viray?: 2,222 people in the United States had the surname Viray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Viray?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Viray identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Viray getting more or less common?: More common. 1,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 35%.