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The AVERY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 37,440 840 0.014 139
United States (1880 census) 11,304 530 0.023 226
Change since 1880 +26136 -310 -0.009 -87
Other Countries
Australia 1,883 871 0.012 115
United Kingdom 6,090 1030 0.013 133
Top States for AVERY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,825 1187 0.008 83
North Carolina 2,370 497 0.029 294
Michigan 2,291 422 0.023 231
New York 2,286 762 0.012 120
Texas 2,112 1234 0.010 101
Top States for AVERY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 508 332 0.041 411
Maine 437 584 0.034 343
Alabama 1,413 528 0.032 318
North Carolina 2,370 497 0.029 294
Vermont 166 590 0.027 273

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called AVERY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called AVERY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called AVERY in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a AVERY by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of AVERY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AVERY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the AVERY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of AVERY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 625 1.67
White (Hispanic) 532 1.42
Native American/Alaskan 273 0.73
Asian/Pacific 165 0.44
White (Caucasian) 27,215 72.69
Black/African American 8,634 23.06

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the AVERY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of AVERY in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic.) From Aimhrea (the "mh" having the sound of "v"), denoting contention or disagreement. It may be from Avery, a granary, or from Aviarius, Latin, a bird-keeper.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


AVERY. This is a name which may claim its origin with nearly equal probal dlit j' from several distinct sources, which I shall brielly enumerate. I. lr?rtr?;s, akeepcr of the birds. Tlie Forest Cliarter (s. If,) enacts that freemen may have in their woods

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to AVERY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AVERY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for AVERY

The following words are slight variants of AVERY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.