Gray Family History
- Gray Name Meaning
- English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Old English græg ‘gray’. In Scotland and Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled’, ‘gray’ (see Reavey). In North America this name has assimilated names with similar meaning from other European languages. English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gratus, meaning ‘welcome’, ‘pleasing’ + the locative suffix -acum. French and Swiss French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône and Le Gray in Seine-Maritime, both in France, or from Gray-la-ville in Switzerland, or a regional name from the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 9,482,037 Historical Documents with Gray on Ancestry
- 3,153,470 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,157,693 Census and Voter Lists
- 347,282 Military Records
- 224,420 Immigration Records
- 3,599,172 Member Trees
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Number of Gray families
 2,493 - 4,984  832 - 2,492 |
 1 - 831  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gray families
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331 - 660 111 - 330 |
1 - 110 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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