Last Name RAY

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Meaning	Nickname: The roe. Such sobriquets were highly popular and gladly retained, being of a coplimentary character. Also, local, 'of the Wray.' This would inevitably be stripped of the initial 'w' in many cases. Local: At the wray, i.e. in the corner, from residence therein. Ray is North Lancashire represents Wray as a surname, although surrounded with numerous spots called Wray, or of which Wray is an element. This word means a corner or a secluded place. Among the compounded place-names are Dock-wray, Capon-wray, and Thack-wray, all self-explanatory. This name may have several origins. 'Ruadh' and 'Reagh,' Gaelic, swarthy, red, sandy complexioned. 'Re,' the moon. 'Ray,' a beam of light, luster. 'Re,' from 'ruo,' to rush, applied to a stream, rapids, whence the river 'Reay,' in Caithness, Scotland. 'Rea,' Cornish British, wonderful, strange. 'Rhe,' Welsh, a run, 'Rhedu,' to run. 'Rhae,' Welsh, a battle, the place of a battle; a chain.

Origin	English, Jewish, Indian, Polish, Native American, Irish, Bangladeshi, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian, Guam

Rank	208 (2000 US census)	173 (1990 US census)

Count	128,794 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.59%, or 99931 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.07%, or 21985 total occurrences, as black,
1.25%, or 1610 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.8%, or 1030 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.64%, or 2112 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.66%, or 2138 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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