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The surname Chery

A surname, carried by 4,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C600

Chery: #8,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chery #8,232, 4,027 people Chery: #8,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chery #8,232, 4,027 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chery is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,027 people named Chery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,669 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,504.

#8,232
rank among US surnames
4,027
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+60.8%
change since 2000 (was #11,523)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,225Jahnke4,03576,517
#8,226Bonin4,03476,536
#8,227Canning4,03376,555
#8,228Polito4,03276,574
#8,229Colucci4,03176,593
#8,230Dearman4,03076,612
#8,231Larrabee4,02876,650

Who is named Chery

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

91% of people named Chery identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Black (not Hispanic) 91%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chery

Chery has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Questions

How common is the surname Chery?
4,027 people in the United States had the surname Chery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,669 Americans. It ranked 8,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chery?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chery identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chery getting more or less common?
More common. 2,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,027 in 2010, up 61%.