Distribution of the name 'Ray'
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Map of the surname 'Ray' in the USA
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Ray'
In the US there are 44,610 phone book entries with the surname Ray and approximately 160,756 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Ray is the 174. most frequent name in the US.
People with this surname live in 51 states. Most occurrences are in Texas: 4,556.
Other states with lots of occurrences are California (2,893), North Carolina (2,687), Georgia (2,565), Florida (2,451), Tennessee (2,399), Alabama (2,057), Missouri (1,595), Kentucky (1,580), as well as Mississippi (1,228).
The following surnames sound like Ray: Rowe, Roy, Roe, Rea, Rau, Rao, Rhea, Rae, Rey, Rue, Rye, Row, Re, Roa, Rauh, Rahe, Raya, Rhee, Raia, Rohe, Riha, Raye, Rio, Roye, Rew, Ruh, Reay, Rai, Ro, Roh.
The distribution of the name 'Ray' in other countries
Surnames sorted by time zone
| Pacific Time Zone | Mountain Time Zone | Central Time Zone |
| Eastern Time Zone | Alaska Time Zone | Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone |
Occurrence of the name Ray in the states
| Texas - The surname Ray is is the 130. most common name - 4,556 persons |
| California - The surname Ray is is the 300. most common name - 2,893 persons |
| North Carolina - The surname Ray is is the 105. most common name - 2,687 persons |
| Georgia - The surname Ray is is the 100. most common name - 2,565 persons |
| Florida - The surname Ray is is the 217. most common name - 2,451 persons |
| Tennessee - The surname Ray is is the 87. most common name - 2,399 persons |
| Alabama - The surname Ray is is the 86. most common name - 2,057 persons |
| Missouri - The surname Ray is is the 115. most common name - 1,595 persons |
| Kentucky - The surname Ray is is the 92. most common name - 1,580 persons |
| Mississippi - The surname Ray is is the 93. most common name - 1,228 persons |
| Oklahoma - The surname Ray is the 103. most common name - 1,160 persons |
| New York - The surname Ray is the 525. most common name - 1,159 persons |
| Arkansas - The surname Ray is the 91. most common name - 1,083 persons |
| Pennsylvania - The surname Ray is the 371. most common name - 1,065 persons |
| Virginia - The surname Ray is the 277. most common name - 1,049 persons |
| South Carolina - The surname Ray is the 146. most common name - 1,036 persons |
| Ohio - The surname Ray is the 210. most common name - 992 persons |
| Illinois - The surname Ray is the 203. most common name - 963 persons |
| Washington - The surname Ray is the 211. most common name - 956 persons |
| Lousiana - The surname Ray is the 193. most common name - 936 persons |
| Michigan - The surname Ray is the 220. most common name - 854 persons |
| Indiana - The surname Ray is the 170. most common name - 772 persons |
| Maryland - The surname Ray is the 247. most common name - 718 persons |
| Colorado - The surname Ray is the 196. most common name - 713 persons |
| Arizona - The surname Ray is the 190. most common name - 667 persons |
| Oregon - The surname Ray is the 197. most common name - 628 persons |
| Kansas - The surname Ray is the 169. most common name - 617 persons |
| West Virginia - The surname Ray is the 187. most common name - 518 persons |
| Massachusetts - The surname Ray is the 626. most common name - 503 persons |
| Wisconsin - The surname Ray is the 329. most common name - 462 persons |
| Iowa - The surname Ray is is the 278. most common name - 406 persons |
| New Jersey - The surname Ray is is the 665. most common name - 375 persons |
| New Mexico - The surname Ray is is the 193. most common name - 315 persons |
| Minnesota - The surname Ray is is the 594. most common name - 259 persons |
| Nebraska - The surname Ray is is the 224. most common name - 256 persons |
| Maine - The surname Ray is is the 427. most common name - 254 persons |
| Nevada - The surname Ray is is the 165. most common name - 241 persons |
| Utah - The surname Ray is is the 359. most common name - 241 persons |
| Idaho - The surname Ray is is the 292. most common name - 190 persons |
| Connecticut - The surname Ray is is the 741. most common name - 185 persons |
| Montana - The surname Ray is is the 223. most common name - 166 persons |
| New Hampshire - The surname Ray is is the 575. most common name - 155 persons |
| Rhode Island - The surname Ray is is the 383. most common name - 122 persons |
| Alaska - The surname Ray is is the 193. most common name - 102 persons |
| Wyoming - The surname Ray is is the 191. most common name - 97 persons |
| Washington D.C. - The surname Ray is is the 245. most common name - 91 persons |
| Delaware - The surname Ray is is the 463. most common name - 71 persons |
| Vermont - The surname Ray is is the 789. most common name - 68 persons |
| Hawaii - The surname Ray is is the 651. most common name - 67 persons |
| South Dakota - The surname Ray is is the 761. most common name - 53 persons |
| North Dakota - The surname Ray is is the 1310. most common name - 34 persons |
