RAY is ranked as the 135th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 201,965.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 63.34 people named RAY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is commonly used as either a first or last name. More specifically, it is used as a last name 43% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named RAY is
152,089, the rank is 208
and the proportion per 100k Americans named RAY is 47.74.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
RAY is
77.6% White,
1.7% Hispanic origin,
17.1% Black,
1.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name RAY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name RAY is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name RAY
The state with the most people named
RAY is
Texas where
23,036 people have this name.
Alabama is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named RAY, as
163.11 in every 100,000
Alabamians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Alabama is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name RAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,498
50.45
99.9%
Indiana
5,385
81.63
99.9%
Iowa
1,586
51.03
99.8%
Kansas
2,138
73.62
99.8%
Michigan
5,450
54.99
99.9%
Minnesota
1,221
22.37
99.7%
Missouri
4,813
160.75
99.8%
Nebraska
926
49.24
99.6%
North Dakota
177
23.92
97.2%
Ohio
7,072
61
99.9%
South Dakota
106
12.44
94.5%
Wisconsin
1,832
31.82
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name RAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
557
75.67
99.4%
Arizona
3,790
56.31
99.9%
California
16,527
42.59
99.9%
Colorado
3,059
57.12
99.9%
Hawaii
349
24.6
98.9%
Idaho
750
45.86
99.4%
Montana
628
61.31
99.6%
Nevada
1,486
52.33
99.7%
New Mexico
1,379
66.12
99.6%
Oregon
2,579
64.96
99.8%
Utah
1,482
50.37
99.4%
Washington
4,240
60.04
99.9%
Wyoming
270
46.29
98.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name RAY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have RAY as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named RAY.
The most popular full name is James RAY.
2.12% of all the people named RAY
have this given name.
There are 4838 first
names associated with this last name.