Popularity of the last name by country

India

• West Bengal (84)
• Maharashtra (58)
• Tamil Nadu (37)
• Delhi (19)
• Uttar Pradesh (16)
• Andhra Pradesh (8)
• Karnataka (8)
• Assam (6)
• Goa (2)
• Daman & Diu (1)
• Gujarat (1)
• Kerala (1)
• Madhya Pradesh (1)

All countries

• United Kingdom (510,853)
• United States (312,373)
• Australia (32,936)
• Ireland (30,834)
• New Zealand (29,694)
• France (29,099)
• Canada (13,314)
• Unknown country (6,712)
• Germany (2,014)
• Netherlands (1,925)
• Belgium (1,333)
• Italy (1,208)
• Switzerland (942)
• Spain (561)
• Austria (550)
• Mexico (504)
• India (503)
• Colombia (375)
• South Africa (314)
• Jamaica (271)
• China (262)
• Russian Federation (250)
• Hungary (227)
• Indonesia (220)
• Poland (193)
• Portugal (188)
• Egypt (187)
• Sri Lanka (186)
• Greece (185)
• Argentina (182)
• Lebanon (162)
• Turkey (150)
• Sweden (139)
• Algeria (130)
• Norway (123)
• Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (123)
• Peru (118)
• Paraguay (117)
• Cuba (103)
• Denmark (100)

Origine of last name

GRAY : 1: English Scottish and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados France named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.2: English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled gray’ including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McGreevy">McGreevy</a>. In North America this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.3: French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.