Fray is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fray
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

Fray is variant form of Fry. The free man, i.e., free of obligations to the lord of the manor.

Fray is variant form of Free. Under the feudal system, one who was not in servile condition; the same as Freeman, which see. Le Free. Hundred Rolls.

Fray is the variation of Fry. Old English for free; in the Hundred Rolls Le Frye and Le Frie; the same as Free and Freeman, which see. Also with regard to disposition-free, noble.
"The child that was sofry."

How popular is Fray?

Fray is common in United States, Russia, Jamaica, France, England, South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Philippines, Argentina.

Fray is ranked 51118 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Frays plummeted by 2.46 per cent to 2066 since 2000 and slipped by 1238 spots and ranked at 14458. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 61.62 68.18
Black 29.91 26.02
Hispanic or Latino 4.99 2.5
Others 1.98 2.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.06 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0
Fray is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 10033 people have been found who wears Fray as their family name. Fray is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fray:
17,300 United States2,114
12,195 Russia1,458
437 Jamaica1,021
9,116 France1,005
Countries with hundreds of Fray:
7,144 England927
10,740 South Africa620
18,545 Brazil436
3,446 Venezuela337
4,746 Ecuador316
15,959 Canada234
10,152 Mexico199
21,009 Australia123
79,885 Philippines117
30,408 Argentina108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,222 Liberia94
20,099 Kazakhstan80
69,716 Germany79
9,204 New Zealand77
21,008 Belarus62
14,532 Peru60
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
226 Bermuda46
8,136 Dominican Republic46
1,936 Costa Rica38
7,250 Wales35
48,115 Netherlands33
4,585 Panama29
4,038 Tunisia23
16,789 Iraq21
13,197 Colombia20
31,291 Hungary20
21,168 Denmark20
9,475 Ireland19
187,277 Ukraine17
15,044 Scotland16
5,088 Transnistria15
108,409 Poland15
52,204 Sweden14
610,955 India11
410,938 Indonesia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
80,937 Czechia10
32,268 Uzbekistan9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
512,203 Thailand7
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Engineer William Fray from Ireland aboard the Sarah Sands from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on October 28, 1848. 24 years old James Fray, Eliza Fray, aged 20, 21 years old John Fray, 18 years old Frank Fray, Catherine Fray (12) Maid, Eliza Fray (40) Farmer, 30 years old Marry-Ann Fray, Mathew Fray, Patrick Fray (21), and 5 other Fray around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and London.

From Germany

Maria Fray was 29 years old when she migrated to USA on November 17, 1852. She lived in Germany where she worked as servant and took Prince Albert from London. 9 years old Georg Fray, Jacob Fray (15) Farmer, Jacques Fray (53) Farmer, Leonard Fray, aged 17, Farmer Michel Fray, 20 years old Philippine Fray, Philippine Fray, aged 53, 16 years old Catharina Fray, and 34 other Fray around 31.25% of whom were laborer while others worked as merchant migrated to US.

Fray Namesakes

  • John Fray, English lawyer
  • The Fray, American rock band from Denver, Colorado
  • Race the Fray, were an Australian independent four-piece alternative rock
  • Arron Fray, footballer who plays for Erith and Belvedere

Fray Namesakes

  • John Fray, English lawyer
  • The Fray, American rock band from Denver, Colorado
  • Race the Fray, were an Australian independent four-piece alternative rock
  • Arron Fray, footballer who plays for Erith and Belvedere

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