Tracing the Leray Family Name

Leray appears in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic. In Wikidata, Leray is listed as a French surname.

Researching the origin

We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Leray, the family's own records come first.

Similar names

In the 2010 US Census, 305 Americans gave Leray as their last name (rank 65,066). That puts it among the top 100,000 US surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 11,295 births in France were registered under Leray. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Heraldry and the Leray name

If a Leray family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Research your Leray family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.