Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Family Tree
Look up another surname
The garay Surname

garay Name Meaning and History

  1. Basque: Castilianized form of Garai, a habitational name from Garai, in Biscay, Basque Country, or from one of the five other, smaller places of the same name, also in Biscay, all named from Basque garai ‘high’, a derivative of gara ‘height’, ‘peak’.
  2. Hungarian: habitational name for someone from a place called Gara.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The garay name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the garay family name as far back in history as possible.

garay Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add garay family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of garay Families in the US in 1920
Number of garay families
 28-54
 10-27		 1-9
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view garay census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for garay records.
  • You can see how garay families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search garay census records.

More resources for your garay family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources