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Trays Surname Meaning

Variant of Tray with post-medieval -s. For the WR Yorks name see Trees. Perhaps from Treix (Haute-Marne) or from one of several places named Trie in Oise (Picardy), but the absence of a preposition in any of the early surname forms makes this an uncertain origin.

The place-names derive from Frankish thresk ‘fallow land’. Perhaps from Middle English trays treys (Old French trais) denoting either one of a pair of ropes by which a harnessed animal pulls its load or the whole harness of a draught animal or a team of harnessed horses or something pulled by a horse, perhaps a sledge.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Trays families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Trays family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1840 and 1920. The most Trays families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 28 Trays families living in Cornwall. This was about 70% of all the recorded Trays's in United Kingdom. Cornwall had the highest population of Trays families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Trays. 100% of Trays women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
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