# Berry (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 132,812 |
| US rank (2010) | 222 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,325 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (129,405 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berry in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berry in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Austria and Australia.

## People named Berry

- Halle Berry, American actress (born 1966)
- Chuck Berry, American musician (1926–2017)
- Ken Berry, American actor (1933–2018)
- Wendell Berry, American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)
- Bill Berry, American musician; drummer for R.E.M.
- Steve Berry, American author and attorney
- Matt Berry, British actor and comedian (born 1974)
- Walter Berry, Austrian opera singer (1929–2000)
- John Berry, American film director (1917-1999)
- Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record holder (1945-2006)
- Edward Wilber Berry, American paleobotanist (1875-1945)
- Walter Berry, American basketball player (born 1964)

and 25 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Barry, Bear, Beer, Behr, Beery, Brey, Berroa, Bera, Bero, Bowery, Bauer, Boyer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.