| Bedfordshire | 36 |
| Buckinghamshire | 4 |
| Berkshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 11 |
| Cheshire | 51 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 50 |
| Devon | 9 |
| Dorset | 7 |
| Durham | 300 |
| Essex | 121 |
| Gloucestershire | 11 |
| Hampshire | 91 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 123 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 115 |
| Lancashire | 870 |
| Leicestershire | 28 |
| Lincolnshire | 339 |
| London | 516 |
| Middlesex | 153 |
| Northumberland | 113 |
| Norfolk | 28 |
| Northamptonshire | 12 |
| Nottinghamshire | 110 |
| Oxfordshire | 7 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 8 |
| Suffolk | 8 |
| Somerset | 4 |
| Surrey | 85 |
| Sussex | 33 |
| Staffordshire | 23 |
| Warwickshire | 40 |
| Westmorland | 20 |
| Wiltshire | 12 |
| Worcestershire | 27 |
| Yorkshire | 2,282 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 8 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 9 |
| Glamorgan | 20 |
| Merionethshire | 2 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 10 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 545 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 44 |
| Private Means | 41 |
| Farmer | 35 |
| None | 30 |
| Dressmaker | 29 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 29 |
| General Labourer | 28 |
| At Home | 28 |
| Labourer | 27 |
| At School | 25 |
| Clerk | 25 |
| Farm Labourer | 24 |
| Joiner | 24 |
| Shop Assistant | 20 |
| Charwoman | 19 |
| Laundress | 16 |
| Dock Labourer | 16 |
| Domestic Servant | 15 |
| Butcher | 15 |
| Grocer Assistant | 14 |
| No Occupation | 14 |
| Scholar | 14 |
| Grocer | 14 |
| Cotton Weaver | 13 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wray | 2,017 |
| William Wray | 2,012 |
| John Wray | 1,924 |
| Elizabeth Wray | 1,282 |
| Thomas Wray | 1,114 |
| George Wray | 1,074 |
| Sarah Wray | 942 |
| James Wray | 709 |
| Jane Wray | 663 |
| Charles Wray | 625 |
| Ann Wray | 615 |
| Joseph Wray | 607 |
| Robert Wray | 528 |
| Annie Wray | 477 |
| Hannah Wray | 411 |
| Alice Wray | 410 |
| Eliza Wray | 401 |
| Margaret Wray | 388 |
| Henry Wray | 381 |
| Richard Wray | 369 |
| Arthur Wray | 358 |
| Ellen Wray | 321 |
| Alfred Wray | 318 |
| Emma Wray | 303 |
| Edward Wray | 289 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray | 75% | 49,419 |
| 2 | Wray | 100% | 29,304 |
| 3 | Reay | 50% | 18,029 |
| 4 | Rae | 50% | 7,853 |
| 5 | Rey | 50% | 2,428 |
| 6 | Ree | 25% | 1,828 |
| 7 | Raye | 50% | 1,019 |
| 8 | Weary | 60% | 586 |
| 9 | Wrey | 75% | 485 |
| 10 | Wery | 50% | 390 |
| 11 | Wary | 50% | 351 |
| 12 | Warey | 60% | 189 |
| 13 | Owery | 40% | 138 |
| 14 | Aray | 75% | 101 |
The surname Wray is the 2nd most popular variant of Ray.