The Dray surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,835 people carried this name — #15,857 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,752 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 653 people named Dray.
Most of them — 388 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20 people named Dray live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dray in American newspapers,
1850–1852.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 390,968 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dray,
with a public archive behind them.
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Walter Dray 1886–1973 · pole vaulter
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William Herbert Dray 1921–2009 · historian
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Claude Dray 1935–2011 · businessperson
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Philip Dray 1950– · writer
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Albert Dray 1953– · actor
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Daniel Dray 1954– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dray.
- Drain 3,859 · U.S. census
- Drame 342 · U.S. census
- Dran 133 · U.S. census
- Drane 2,706 · U.S. census
- Drape 147 · U.S. census
- Drapeau 1,408 · U.S. census
- Dreger 933 · U.S. census
- Dreher 5,644 · U.S. census
- Dreistadt 174 · U.S. census
- Dresch 523 · U.S. census
- Drexler 3,235 · U.S. census
- Drey 718 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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