Cambray
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: chambray (a type of cloth)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/kambɾai/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Cambray is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Mexico.
- FRFrance
- MXMexico
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from one of three places called Cambrai (Calvados) or from Cambrai (Nord); first attested Godefridus de Cambrai 1086 DB (Lei)
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Cambray is read
(measured from records)Cambray is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish39%
chambray (a type of cloth)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French30%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Cambray in French.
- English28%
from one of three places called Cambrai (Calvados) or from Cambrai (Nord); first attested Godefridus de Cambrai 1086 DB (Lei)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
A community in Kawartha Lakes, central Ontario, Canada, named for the literary works of the Archbishop of Cambrai.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Louis Guillaume de Cambray de Dignyb. 1723FRFrench engineer (1723-1798)
- Alexis Aimé Pierre Cambrayb. 1760FRFrench general
- Josep González i Cambrayb. 1972ESSpanish politician
- Oscar Peñasb. 1972ESnot in their usual nameSpanish jazz musician
- Enric Rodríguezb. 1988ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
- Jules CambrayFRFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 451 | #50,158 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 442 | #47,878 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 347 | #55,376 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 175 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 141 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 130 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 130 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 127 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 113 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 110 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 108 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 103 | #26,945 |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Cambray come from?
- from one of three places called Cambrai (Calvados) or from Cambrai (Nord); first attested Godefridus de Cambrai 1086 DB (Lei) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Cambray?
- In Spanish /kambɾai/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Cambray mean?
- In Spanish, chambray (a type of cloth)
- In which country does Cambray have the most bearers?
- Cambray is most frequently recorded in Mexico.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cambray”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.