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The GERRY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,055 9768 0.001 11
United States (1880 census) 1,307 4354 0.003 26
Change since 1880 +1748 -5414 -0.002 -15
Other Countries
Australia 64 20888 0 4
United Kingdom 636 7451 0.001 14
Top States for GERRY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 417 670 0.033 327
Massachusetts 291 3273 0.005 46
California 284 10094 0.001 8
Florida 282 7505 0.002 18
New York 193 10920 0.001 10
Top States for GERRY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 417 670 0.033 327
South Dakota 101 986 0.013 134
New Hampshire 116 1867 0.009 94
Montana 43 3305 0.005 48
Massachusetts 291 3273 0.005 46

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

Classification and Origin of GERRY

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 GERRY 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 GERRY 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 GERRY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 169 5.53
White (Hispanic) 73 2.39
Native American/Alaskan 51 1.67
Mixed Race 33 1.08
Asian/Pacific 29 0.95
White (Caucasian) 2,700 88.38

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

Meaning of GERRY in historical publications

A corruption of Gerard (which see). Gairdeach, the d silent, from Gairde, Gaelic, festive, joyful.

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


Similar names to GERRY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GERRY.

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 GERRY

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