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    The surname Beery

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,421 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

    Beery: #9,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beery #9,501, 3,421 people Beery: #9,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beery #9,501, 3,421 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beery is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Berry.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,421 people named Beery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,250 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,916.

    #9,501
    rank among US surnames
    3,421
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #10,159)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,493Pickle3,42590,145
    #9,495Kettler3,42490,171
    #9,496Gaughan3,42390,197
    #9,501Beery3,42190,250
    #9,503Naugle3,42090,276
    #9,506Mosely3,41990,303
    #9,510Ogilvie3,41890,329

    Who is named Beery

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Beery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beerys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wallace Beery
      American actor (1885-1949)
    • Noah Beery, Sr.
      American actor (1882–1946)
    • Noah Beery Jr.
      American actor (1913–1994)
    • Dan Beery
      American rower, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beery

    Beery has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beery come from?
    Variant of Berry.
    How common is the surname Beery?
    3,421 people in the United States had the surname Beery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,250 Americans. It ranked 9,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beery?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beery?
    Wallace Beery, American actor (1885-1949), followed by Noah Beery, Sr..
    Where is the surname Beery most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beery in the United States.
    Is the surname Beery getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,421 in 2010, up 17%.