How common is the surname Berryman?

7,517 people in the United States had the surname Berryman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,073 Americans. It ranked 4,717th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Berryman?

John Berryman, American poet and scholar (1914–1972), followed by Michael Berryman.

Where is the surname Berryman most common?

Wikidata records people named Berryman in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Berryman getting more or less common?

More common. 7,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,517 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Berryman

An English place surname, carried by 7,517 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berryman is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname, from Old English byrg, dative of burg (“stronghold, fortress”) + man.

Berryman is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,517 people named Berryman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,073 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,412.

#4,717

rank among US surnames

7,517

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,711	Laporte	7,528	41,013
#4,714	Ehlers	7,524	41,035
#4,716	Marques	7,520	41,057
#4,717	Berryman	7,517	41,073
#4,719	Nair	7,513	41,095

Who is named Berryman

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

79% of people named Berryman identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berrymans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Berryman
American poet and scholar (1914–1972)
Michael Berryman
American actor, born 1948
Frank Berryman
Australian Army officer, 1894–1981
Clifford K. Berryman
American cartoonist (1869–1949)

Notable Berrymans come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Berriman

Surnames that sound like Berryman

Berryman has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berryman come from?: Habitational surname, from Old English byrg, dative of burg (“stronghold, fortress”) + man.
How common is the surname Berryman?: 7,517 people in the United States had the surname Berryman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,073 Americans. It ranked 4,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berryman?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Berryman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Berryman?: John Berryman, American poet and scholar (1914–1972), followed by Michael Berryman.
Where is the surname Berryman most common?: Wikidata records people named Berryman in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Berryman?: Berryman is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Berryman getting more or less common?: More common. 7,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,517 in 2010, up 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Berryman?: Berriman.