How common is the last name Gray?

241,208 people in the United States have the last name Gray, about 1 in 1,239. It ranks #89 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GRAY

#89

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
241,208
About
1 in 1,239
This common or more
15.9%
Who bears it

Of the 241,208 people with the last name Gray, 65.9% reported their origin as White, 24.6% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gray

#87 Watson · 242,956#88 Mendoza · 242,772#90 Bennett · 239,397#91 Wood · 238,948

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,546 Grey · 13,822#7,676 Grau · 4,158#47,189 Graw · 485#90,184 Grah · 220#123,817 Gra · 146#137,553 Groy · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Gray ranks #3,891 of 53,615, with 5,037 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 211 births. See Gray as a first name

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