Bray Family History
Bray Name Meaning
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’.
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Name Distribution of Bray Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bray families
 147 - 292  50 - 146 |
 1 - 49  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bray families
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796 - 1,589 266 - 795 |
1 - 265 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bray families
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18 - 33 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bray Family Origin
Bray Immigration Information
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Bray Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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