How Many People Have the Last Name Gray?
people had the surname Gray in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,198 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+9,403 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Gray (68.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 25.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Gray ranks #60. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 71.1% to 68.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gray grew from 236,713 people in 2000 to 246,116 in 2010 (up 4%), and its rank fell from #79 to #87. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 87.75 to 83.44 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 236,713 | 246,116 |
| Rank | #79 | #87 |
| Per 100,000 people | 87.75 | 83.44 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gray
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gray: G600
👤 Gray as a First Name
Gray is a first name too: about 4,909 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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