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bray Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bray name in History

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Distribution of bray Families in the US in 1920
Number of bray families
 147-292
 50-146		 1-49
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