How common is the last name Bray?

32,301 people in the United States have the last name Bray, about 1 in 9,254. It ranks #1,067 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BRAY

#1,067

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,301
About
1 in 9,254
This common or more
40.5%
Who bears it

Of the 32,301 people with the last name Bray, 79.8% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bray

#1,065 Cooley · 32,317#1,066 Liang · 32,308#1,068 Kaiser · 32,286#1,069 Gamble · 32,189

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bray, most common first.

#13,541 Brey · 2,146#40,538 Brau · 582#51,869 Broy · 433#60,295 Bry · 361#89,563 Braye · 222#102,164 Braa · 188#143,511 Brah · 118

Also a first name

As a first name, Bray ranks #12,954 of 53,615, with 944 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 51 births. See Bray as a first name

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