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    The surname Derry

    An Irish surname, carried by 4,209 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdɛɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex D600 Also a first name

    Derry: #7,863 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Derry #7,863, 4,209 people Derry: #7,863 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Derry #7,863, 4,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derry is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,209 people named Derry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,354 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,196.

    #7,863
    rank among US surnames
    4,209
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,316)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,857Borkowski4,21273,301
    #7,858Florio4,21173,319
    #7,859Leasure4,21073,336
    #7,863Moller4,20973,354
    #7,866Plourde4,20873,371

    Who is named Derry

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

    77% of people named Derry identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Derry

    Derry has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Derry come from?
    From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.
    How common is the surname Derry?
    4,209 people in the United States had the surname Derry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,354 Americans. It ranked 7,863rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Derry?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Derry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Derry?
    Derry is /ˈdɛɹi/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Derry getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,196 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,209 in 2010, up 0.3%.
    Is Derry also a first name?
    Yes. Derry is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.