Pray Family History
Pray Name Meaning
Irish (chiefly County Down): variant of Prey.English: topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from
Middle English pre(y), Old French pree ‘meadow’, or a
habitational name from any of the minor places deriving their name
from this word, of which there are several examples in Surrey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pray Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pray families
 50 - 98  17 - 49 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pray families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pray families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pray census records
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Pray Family Origin
Pray Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pray
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Pray Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Pray census records
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Pray Civil War Service Records
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