Perry

Perry is the 109th most common surname in the United States, shared by 211,657 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 1,412.

By the numbers

People: 211,657
Rank: 109th
How common: 1 in 1,412
Per 100,000: 70.8

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Perry described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 65.6%
Black, not Hispanic 24.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Perry

Katy Perry (born 1984)American singer
Matthew Perry (1969–2023)American-Canadian actor
Luke Perry (1966–2019)American actor
Tyler Perry (born 1969)American actor and filmmaker
Rick Perry (born 1950)American politician
Joe Perry (born 1950)American musician
Fred Perry (1909–1995)English tennis player
Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858)American naval officer

People named Perry with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Perry

Also a first name

Perry has been given to 79,735 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1959. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.