JoRay

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dʒɹeɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

JoRay is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 19K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 223K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (inferred from the name graph)

≈510 people, est.

Sources
111 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

JoRay counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where JoRay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India≈510 est.≈1 in 2.6M—JoRay2
PK Pakistan≈450 est.≈1 in 524K—JoRay1
CH Switzerland4441 in 19K444JoRay18
US United States2091 in 1.6M209JoRay111
AR Argentina691 in 659K69——
FR France≈46 est.≈1 in 1.5M5—1
JM Jamaica≈13 est.≈1 in 223K—JoRay1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

JoRay is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Switzerland, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jo-Ray

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1860188019001920Albert Joray, b. 1871Ernest Joray, b. 1877Marcel Joray, b. 1910

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)

FormalDear Joray,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting JoRay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024444#2,939
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010209#88,685
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020204#95,802
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000197#87,729
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—69—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19319—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19017—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18917—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19816—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19915—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

How do you pronounce JoRay?
A machine transcription gives /dʒɹeɪ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does JoRay have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 506 people named JoRay in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled JoRay.
Where is JoRay most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, JoRay is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name JoRay?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 444 people named JoRay in 2024, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.

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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, “JoRay”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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