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    The surname Demery

    A surname, carried by 2,516 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D560

    Demery: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Demery #12,357, 2,516 people Demery: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Demery #12,357, 2,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Demery is more common than 92.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,516 people named Demery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,132.

    #12,357
    rank among US surnames
    2,516
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18%
    change since 2000 (was #13,149)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567
    #12,350Laubach2,518122,615
    #12,351Lobdell2,517122,664
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762

    Who is named Demery

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

    54% of people named Demery identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 12%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Demery

    Demery has the Soundex code D560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Demery?
    2,516 people in the United States had the surname Demery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. It ranked 12,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Demery?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Demery identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Demery getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,516 in 2010, up 18%.