# Cherry (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,877 |
| US rank (2010) | 970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,606 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (34,615 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cherry 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) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cherry in the United States.

## People named Cherry

- Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995)
- Jake Cherry, American actor
- Michael Cherry, American sprinter
- Marc Cherry, American television writer and producer
- Zach Cherry, American actor
- Damu Cherry, American hurdler
- Francis Cherry, Arkansas politician (1908-1965)
- Will Cherry, American basketball player (born 1991)
- R. Gregg Cherry, American politician (1891-1957)
- Ava Cherry, American singer
- Don Cherry, American singer and golfer (1924–2018)
- John R. Cherry III, American film director and screenwriter (1948–2022)

## Similar surnames

Chery, Curry, Corry, Currey, Cerra, Cerro, Carr, Carey, Correa, Crowe, Crow, Currie.

## 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.