Pray

See also: pray

English

Etymology

• As an Irish surname, variant of Prey, from ó Préith, a personal name from Old Irish.
• As an English surname, borrowed (via Middle English) from French pré (“meadow”).

Proper noun

Pray (plural Prays)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pray is the 8700^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3773 individuals. Pray is most common among White (84.1%) individuals.