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Gray is typically found in Scotland, Ireland and England.
In Ireland, the surname may have a Gaelic source from a phonetic transcription, or Anglicization of MCGRATH or MCGRAW. "Mac Giolla Riabhaigh" is sometimes Gray, but is also Anglicized to "McGreevy," "Gallery" and others.
In most Scottish instances, the name "Gray" is from the Germanic Scots language, and is cognate with Old English, "græg", meaning "grey", probably as a hair colour.
Also among Irish and Scottish Grays is the English name of Anglo-Norman origin. A knight of Viking origin, Anchetil de Greye, accompanied William the Conqueror in his 1066 invasion of England. de Greye's descendants would become bishops John de Gray of Norwich and Walter de Gray of York.
2010 US Census data for GRAY
This surname is in the top 162,000 names in the US Census from 2010. (There must be at least 100 to make the list).
There are 246116 GRAY records listed in the 2010 US Census, and it is the Number 87 ranked name. A GRAY makes up 83.44 of every 100k people in the population.
Other US Census data for GRAY
68.68% are White Alone (Non-Hispanic)
25.13% are Black Alone (Non-Hispanic Black or African American Alone)
2.41% are Hispanic or Latino origin
0.54% are Asian Alone (Non-Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone)
0.91% are American Indian (Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone)
2.33% Non-Hispanic Two or More Races
GRAY Family History and GRAY Family Genealogy Journals
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Farquhar Gray, Masterton & Taratahi, from 1865 by ngairedith on 2018-09-25 10:08:53. page views: 2484, comments: 0
Gray and Merriweather families originated from Lowndes County Alabama "sandy ridge" Ft. Deposit by cookster on 2012-07-21 20:42:14. page views: 3273, comments: 2
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John Oswald Taylor, New Zealand to Australia by ngairedith on 2018-07-06 10:34:35. page views: 561, comments: 0
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Albert Bernhard AMUNDSEN + Annie Mabel LAWRENCE - Owhango & Waikato by ngairedith on 2013-01-18 20:11:19. page views: 4010, comments: 1
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GRAY links and resources
AUSTRALIA: Gwynneville History - Parish of Wollongong County of Camden, NSW - 2007-01-09
The Top 200 Most Searched Surnames @ KindredKonnections.com - 2007-01-23
Residents of Corpusty and Saxthorpe, Norfolk, England at the time of the 1881 Census - 2007-07-12
AUSTRALIA: NSW Tocal Directory 1822 to 1900 - 2007-09-28
J C Bassett Homepage - 2009-04-14
J C Bassett Homepage - 2009-04-14
John Kitto of New Zealand - 2010-04-03
Civilian casualties of the bombing of Exeter - 2010-06-21