The GRAYER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,486	17483	0.001	6
United States (1880 census)	182	20709	0	4
Change since 1880	+1304	+3226	+N/A	+2
Other Countries
Australia	2	257505	0	0
United Kingdom	141	20210	0	3

Top States for GRAYER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Illinois	172	8327	0.001	14
Mississippi	170	2375	0.006	60
Georgia	139	5801	0.002	17
Michigan	136	10122	0.001	14
Louisiana	103	5478	0.002	23
Top States for GRAYER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Mississippi	170	2375	0.006	60
Louisiana	103	5478	0.002	23
Georgia	139	5801	0.002	17
Tennessee	91	6729	0.002	16
Illinois	172	8327	0.001	14

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GRAYER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GRAYER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GRAYER in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GRAYER by picking someone at random in Mississippi than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GRAYER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GRAYER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GRAYER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GRAYER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	248	16.69
Mixed Race	22	1.48
White (Hispanic)	16	1.08
Black/African American	1,196	80.48
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GRAYER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to GRAYER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GRAYER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.