The Leray surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 325 people carried this name — #58,397 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,502 people named Leray.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Leray live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leray.
- Lepori 198 · U.S. census
- Leport 154 · U.S. census
- Leppert 1,760 · U.S. census
- Lepre 656 · U.S. census
- Leprevost 102 · U.S. census
- Lepri 190 · U.S. census
- Lerch 3,685 · U.S. census
- Lerche 311 · U.S. census
- Lere 101 · U.S. census
- Lerebours 144 · U.S. census
- Leriche 346 · U.S. census
- Lerner 7,580 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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